Hen and Chicks

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Striking evergreen foliage has a unique webbed appearance. Excellent for strawberry jars or other containers, miniature gardens, rock gardens and walls. Attractive at garden's edge or as a small-scale ground cover. Rose-red flowers in flat clusters.

Companion Plants

Maiden Grass

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Maiden Grass

An excellent grass for the garden or landscape, screening or at water's edge. Striking complement to large-leaved plants or combined with berrying shrubs and evergreens for winter effect. Lovely flower plumes, excellent cut or dried. Clump-forming.

Blanket Flower

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Blanket Flower

Add dazzling color to perennial or butterfly gardens with these vibrant flowers. Ideal at garden's edge and beautiful planted with coreopsis, yarrow or perennial salvia. Trim attractive seed heads periodically to make room for new flowers. Prefers a sunny location with rich, well-drained soil.

Yarrow

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Yarrow

Beautiful, flat-topped flower clusters attract butterflies to the garden. Foliage is typically lacy and aromatic. Nice in cottage or wild gardens. Flowers are a superb addition to arrangements, fresh or dried. An open location with well-drained soil is ideal.

Details

Common name

Hen and Chicks

Botanical name

Sempervivum arachnoideum

Variety

Cobweb

Zone

USDA 5 - 8

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Bloom time

summer

Light

sun

Height

1-3" (3-8 cm)

Habit

mat-forming

Water

weekly during dry spells

Feed

not recommended

Maintenance

divide every 3 to 5 years