Oddity Succulent - Hens & Chicks Houseleek Sempervivum Plant - 4 inch pot

Oddity Succulent Hens & Chicks Sempervivum Plant

Sempervivum tectorum

• Leaves: The leaves of Sempervivum ‘Oddity’ curl into tube-like quills that are open at the ends. They are a lime green color with red to purple tips.
• Growth Habit: This succulent forms a low clump of small rosettes. The rosettes grow up to 4 inches (10 cm) in diameter.
• Award: Oddity earned the Sempervivum Society’s Bronze Rosette Award in 1978.
• Care: To thrive, it needs plenty of outdoor sunlight or positioned by a sunny window. Also, well-draining soil, and unglazed pots with drainage holes. It produces new offsets or “chicks” on stolons, which can be left to form tidy clusters or removed for sharing and transplanting.
• Hardiness: It is frost-hardy and can thrive through winter under an insulating blanket of snow.
• Bloom: It blooms very infrequently, and the flowers are reddish purple.
• Hardiness Zones: Sempervivum ‘Oddity’ is hardy in zones 5 to 10 (down to -20°F).
• Maximum Height: It stays under 3 inches in height.
• Seasonality: It blooms in summer and remains evergreen throughout the year.
• Special Characteristic: Easy to propagate and pet-safe.
• Sempervivum 'Oddity' is a hybrid introduced by American succulent plant enthusiast Sandy McPherson in 1977

Remember to protect it from heavy rains and standing water to prevent rot. If temperatures exceed 80°F, provide afternoon shade.