Virgil Hens & Chicks Succulent Sempervivum Plant 

Uses

• Groundcover
• Border Plant
• Container Plant
• Houseplant

Coloring

• Blue / Blue-green, Grey / Silver
• Pink Accents
• Pink Blooms (Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall)
• Year Round Color

Light Requirements

• Full Sun
• Partial Sun
  

Watering Requirements

• Low Usage, allowing soil to dry between waterings

Soil Requirements

• Loamy to Sandy Soil
• Well Draining Soil
• (Unglazed Well Draining Containers)

Cold Hardiness

• Zone 4a (-30F) - 9b

Plant Growth

• 4-9" wide
• 4" tall
• Rosette Shape
  

Advantages

• Easy Care Plant
• Drought Tolerant
• Heat Tolerant
• Frost Tolerant
• Deer Resistant
  
• Attracts Bees
• Attracts Butterflies
• Pet Safe

Shipping

• Some soil may be removed to reduce weight for shipping (semi-bare root)
• Plant immediately after receiving
• Contact us immediately if you need help with your new arrival

Hybridized by Ed Skrocki, 'Virgil' is lovely, medium-sized rosette that shifts between blue, lavender, pink, and silver tones. It has distinctive "watermarks" or wavy striations from its protective coating of epicuticular wax. This variety deepens to a royal purple in winter.

Like most Hen & Chicks Plants, Virgil needs plenty of outdoor sunlight to show their best colors and maintain a tight rosette form. They thrive in gritty, well-draining soils and unglazed pots with drainage holes. They also produce new offsets or "chicks" on stolons. These chicks can be left to form tidy clusters or removed to transplant or share with friends and fellow gardeners.

Sempervivum do most of their growing in the spring and summer and will thrive with weekly watering allowing soil to dry between waterings. They are incredibly frost hardy and will happily overwinter under an insulating blanket of snow. Protect from heavy rains and standing water to prevent rot.