#sempervivum

[blooming-lenses]

common houseleek on a log

2024/08/10

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 15 January 2025

Since Sempervivum tectorum (houseleek, bullock's eye, healing blade, homewort, roof foil, roof houseleek, St Patrick's cabbage, thunder plant, welcome-home-husband-however-drunk-you-be) cultivars are adapted to extremes of temperature and drought they are ideal for these containers on a sunny windowsill. In summer flowerstalks appear from the centre of the rosettes bearing starry flowers in white, red, yellow or purple.

Jill Raggett

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

Sempervivum

[semprvivum]

Sempervivum 'Lotus Blossom'

[quietachene]

[ghostowlattic]

[homemadehorrors]

BEHOLD: The largest of my green children. She's bigger than my outstretched hand.

[christopherflowers]

Sempervivum

[nagaino]

[marcherren]

Hauswurz (Sempervivum), Lötschental

Lochfotografie/Pinhole photography, Lomo Color 100 (expired)

[leafie-draws]

we are so back

[blooming-lenses]

houseleeks in between stones

2024/08/10

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 12 October 2024

The mat-forming evergreen perennial Sempervivum tectorum (common houseleek, thunder plant) is drought tolerant and so excellent for small, shallow and unusual containers. The fleshy rosettes produce stems of starry pink flowers.

Jill Raggett

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

Sempervivum and moss on a stone wall

[semprvivum]

Sempervivum sp.

[a-nana-petite]

Sempervivum “gold nugget”