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Sempervivum another very cold-hardy succulent As is true for the other group of hardy succulents listed on this website, the jovibarbas, applies equally to the sempervivums, that depicting each variety of these with a single photo is not completely accurate, because the colors change throughout the year. And sometimes the color change is dramatic. Not only do their colors change according to the season, but also according to how wet or dry they are grown, and also by how much sun or shade they are getting, and additionally they are affected by how rich or lean their diet might be. There is more to their lives than a casual observer would guess.
Atroviolaceum A deep red violet is the color. The plants grow large. The leaves are smooth, and the edges of the leaves a lightly serrated.
Black Mountain The plant is mostly a dark reddish maroon, with green are the heart of the plant.
Blue Boy Not truly blue, but the plant can have a grayish-lilac overlay to its rosy-pink coloring.
Braunii A variety of the species, montanum, the leaves are mostly a velvety green, having tips of dark red.
Bronco The foliage is dark green that is edged and tipped a dark rich red. At times the leaves turn much more of a dark purplish-red. The leaves are long, narrow and are sharply pointed.
Carnival Spatulate leaves of various shades of red.
Direktor Jacobs The rounded ends of the leaves come to fine points. The color is mostly red.
Flamingo 'Flamingo' stands out for both its form and its color. The leaves are very long and plentiful on the plant. There are several colors in the plant, and pink can be prominent among them. It is not the pink of plastic flamingoes, but a much more subtle frosting of it through the plant.There are touches of a darker red to the ends of the leaves.
Icicle A selection of the species, arachnoideum, the rounded tightly held leaves form rounded plants that are overlain with a fine network of cobwebbing that is typical of this species. The inner, younger leaves are green and the oldest, outer leaves are a rosy red.
Jeanne d'Arc She stands in a fire of leaves in various degrees of red.
Kelly Jo A very good mixture of green and red are the leaves.
kosanii The velvety leaves are a medium green with the tips touched with a purplish-red.
More Honey Green at the base well flushed with orange-red shading, this plant grows large. Its orange-red color that is reminiscent of honey comes and goes, depending of the season. This color does not show as well in this photo as it can do.
Oddity The leaves are long and rolled into the shape of quills that are green with purple tips. The tips are cupped or slightly indented. Some of the longer, outer leaves might have a strongly angled curve that contributes something different to its appearance.
Rojin Correct me if I am wrong -- rojin is Japanese for the word, red. Bright red are these smooth leaves, shading to a darker red at the tips and green at the center of the plant. Another common name for sempervivum is houseleek, and the Japanese are well known for sometimes growing them on the thatched roofs of their traditional houses.
Rouge This grows to be the largest of plants among our sempervivums. 'Rouge's colors are the reverse of what we usually see, deep red at the center of a plant and green towards the tips of the leaves. Leaves are thick and wide.
Silver Olympic Not growing large, the rounded rosettes of leaves are a gray-green color and have such a large amount of cilia that they would appear to be an “arachnoideum” type of sempervivum, the ones that have lots of webbing, however they are not. The heavy cilia give them a delicate appearance.
Silver Spring A velvety, light to medium green colors the leaves with brownish-red tips.
Sir William Lawrence This is a form of the species, calcareum. The tips are so darkly colored, and the line where this dark color begins at the leaf tips is so abrupt, that this can hardly be confused with any other. The leaves are mostly green except for the tips.
Stanfeldsii The coloring is a solid, pure light green. There are so many reddish and muti-colored sempervivums that the desirability of a pure green one would seem to be greater.
Teck This is a personal favorite for its subtle blending of colors. This photo is a good illustration of its pastel green and violet, with a light touch of a dark red at the very tips. It does not grow as easily as the others, and requires some coddling.
Thunder Cloud The leaves shade from green to a violet-red with dark tips.
Topaz The gray-green leaves are shaded in a rosy purple. The coloring can be much darker and much more reddish sometimes, as shown in the photo to the right. The photo to the left is a closeup, showing the gray-green color. Please notice the watermarks in the closeup, that are an added touch of beauty.
Tracy Sue The color is a velvety green that has a grayish, furry texture to it.
Unicorn A rosy-pink flush blends into green leaves that have a golden, downy appearance.
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