Hen and Chicks
Common name
Hen and Chicks
Botanical name
Echeveria hybrid
Variety
Perle Von Nurnberg
Zone
USDA Zone 8 (10°F) to USDA Zone 11 (40°F)
Light
Part sun
Height
12-12in (30-30 cm)
Habit
Spreading
Feed
Fertilize with an all-purpose fertilizer
Water
Water weekly during dry spells
Bloom Color
Purple
Bloom Time
Spring-winter
Maintenance
Mulch to reduce weeds
About
This easy-care plant is heat tolerant, drought tolerant, and deadheading is not necessary. Rosettes of thick. blue-green leaves blushed with wine produce slender wands of coral to pink flowers. Grows well in poor, rocky soil, and ideally suited for rock gardens, mixed containers and desert plantings. Can be grown indoors as a house plant where not cold hardy--simply place in a bright window and water sparingly.
