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Silver King Hen And Chicks (Sempervivum) - 5 Pack Of Quart Pots

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Silver King Hen And Chicks (Sempervivum) – 5 Pack Of Quart Pots

Original price was: $54.97.Current price is: $38.48.

SKU: D2LSC 955890392 Categories: GROUNDCOVER PLANTS, Sun Groundcover Plants

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‘Silver King’ Hen and Chicks

Sempervivum ‘Silver King’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Evergreen

Height Maturity: 4-6″

Width at Maturity: 10-12″+
Spacing: 12″ apart for groupings or mass planting

Growth Habit / Form: Spreading Colony

Growth Rate: Slow

Flower Color: Pinkish-Purple
Flower Type: Single in clusters

Flower Size: Small
Flowering Period: Summer

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Silver Mint Green, Red centers in fall and winter

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: No

Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun (6 or more hours per day)

Water Needs: Very Low

Soil Type: Clay(amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sand, Silt

Soil Drainage: Lightly Moist to Dry; soil must be well-drained

Soil pH: 6.0 – 7.0

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Cold (-40F), Deer, Disease, Drought, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit

Description

A low to no-maintenance plant anyone can grow indoors or outdoors, Hen and Chicks are hardy perennial succulent plants ideal for growing in garden beds or pots, where they thrive on neglect. Even those who consider they have a “brown thumb” can easily grow this plant. The plant is comprised of one large rosette, called the “hen,” which sprouts many smaller rosettes around it called “chicks.” The ‘Silver King’ Hen and Chicks forms rosettes of pointed, silvery mint green leaves during the warm season that with the arrival of cooler temperatures in fall development rosy red to fuchsia-red coloration on most of the leaf with the tips remaining mint green. In summer, leafy flower stalks rise and tower above the hen bearing unique pinkish purple flowers. These magical succulents are super drought tolerant and rarely if ever need water, super cold hardy to -40F, are not bothered by deer or rabbits, and add personality and color just about anywhere!

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing 4 to 6 inches tall and spreading 12 or more inches wide, Silver King Hen and Chicks is ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces and containers, or in groupings in larger garden spaces. A must-have in sunny rock gardens or mixed succulent container gardens. Very nice tucked around boulders.

Suggested Spacing: 12 inches apart for groupings

Growing Preferences

Exceptionally easy to grow and low maintenance, Hen and Chicks likes life on the hot, dry and sunny side. That said, they are extremely cold hardy to -40F. Very well-drained soil is a must as constantly wet soil is a killer. We suggest 6 or more hours of sunlight per day.

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