Cobweb Houseleek

pale green rosettes covered with fine webbing, and small pink flowers


sempervivum arachnoideum viridescens
aka cobweb hen & chicks
  • evergreen succulent perennial
  • green matt fleshy leaved rosette
  • densely covered in cobweb-like, white hairs.
  • flat clusters of starry pink flowers in summer.

H 0.1m
S 0.3m

full sun

well-drained


Notes: Purchased 2019 from ‘Sempervivums by post’ – I have a slight preference for the ‘spider-web’ sempervivums and this is an easy matt forming one

Info: Viridescens means to grow green, from Latin viridis green – differentiates from the red cobweb houseleek