Buy Hen and Chicks Plants

Hen and Chicks Plants are the perfect plants for beginning gardeners.

Sempervivum tectorum commonly known as Hen-and-chickens, this small spreading succulent is at home being grown in containers as an apartment plant or in the garden as an evergreen ground cover. This fast spreader grows close to the ground forming tight rosettes around the main plant. After producing pink or yellow blooms in summer, the rosette dies only to be replaced quickly by another rosette offset which is how the chicks grow around the hen.

For best planting results for Hen and Chick Plants, plant in a sandy soil mixture.

Facts about Hen and Chicks:

• grows in full sun to light shade
• great container plant
• good for garden borders
• evergreen ground cover
• provides winter interest
• deer resistant
• drought tolerant once established
• easy to grow
• plant for rock gardens

Please note: actual plants vary in size and appearance.