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Hen and Chicks in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Jovibarba arenaria

 

Hen and Chicks

Jovibarba can be annuals, or mat-forming, evergreen or herbaceous perennials. They have small leaves and simple 5-petalled white flowers in Summer. 'Jovibarba Arenaria' forms rosettes of red-brown-tipped leaves, and greenish-white flowers atop 12cm. stems. Common name "Hen and Chicks" derived from the "Baby" plants that form round the edges of the "Mother"

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plant Features
  • Hen and Chicks likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Hen and Chicks likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Hen and Chicks is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Hen and Chicks likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Hen and Chicks

Latin name

Jovibarba arenaria

type

Herbacious Annual or perennial

family

Crassulaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Hen and Chicks likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Hen and Chicks is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Hen and Chicks likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Hen and Chicks likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Hen and Chicks is 0.10meters x 0.12meters 0.10 M 0.12 M

Jovibarba arenaria

Jovibarba can be annuals, or mat-forming, evergreen or herbaceous perennials. They have small leaves and simple 5-petalled white flowers in Summer. 'Jovibarba Arenaria' forms rosettes of red-brown-tipped leaves, and greenish-white flowers atop 12cm. stems. Common name "Hen and Chicks" derived from the "Baby" plants that form round the edges of the "Mother"


Flowering

From Late Spring TO Early Autumn

Jovibarba flower in late Spring and early Summer

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant in Spring in free-draining soil, in rock-gardens, or border edges. Once established this plant is drought-tolerant

 

Propagating by division

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plants are easily divided in Spring. Dig up the plant, and pull it apart gently, then replant the sections with roots in to their new positions.

 
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