Cottagekaren's Garden
Jovibarba sobolifera
Kevock Feb. 2019
Jovibarba sobolifera
Rolling Hen-and-chicks
USDA Zone: 2-9
Plant number: 1.298.280
Jovibarba are close kin to the familiar Sempervivum, but with round ball-shaped chicks that roll off from the mother plant to find a new home. This species produces small, bright green rosettes, with chicks like tiny little red balls sitting on top. Short spikes of pale yellow flowers appear in summer. Terrific in a rock garden, rock wall or alpine trough. Short enough to use between flagstones in a walkway or patio. Very adaptable, growing nearly anywhere but in deep shade.
