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Sempervivum erythraeum Red Velvet

Sempervivum erythraeum Red Velvet
Common Houseleek, Hen and Chicks, Roof Houseleek

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This rare Sempervivum is a variety that forms tight and compact rosettes of leaves, with bristles in the centre, grey-green almond in winter and tinted with red-pink in spring and summer. Its pink-purple, summer star flowers complete the colour palette. This hardy succulent perennial is ideal for covering neglected and dry areas. It requires no maintenance, just dry, poor soil, and occasional rain.
Flower size
3 cm
Height at maturity
10 cm
Spread at maturity
40 cm
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -29°C
Soil moisture
Dry soil
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Best planting time March, September
Recommended planting time March to May, September to November
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Description

Sempervivum 'Red Velvet' is a hybrid houseleek which is rare in cultivation and stands out for its tightly packed leaves, covered in silky threads at the centre, offering a delicate combination of changing pastel colours. Starting with a soft grey-green in winter, sometimes touched with lavender, its rosettes gradually turn pale green-yellow, pale red-pink, or plum tones in spring and summer. Mature rosettes have beautiful pink flowers with a darker centre. This lovely perennial is easy to grow and transforms even the smallest pile of stones, softening the contours by covering it with rosettes. Houseleeks thrive without care once established. These plants are a boon for enhancing areas regected by all other plants.

 

Sempervivum 'Velvet Red' is a beautiful descendant of a botanical species called Sempervivum marmoreum subsp. erythraeum. This species is native to Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, and Russia. It is a highly variable species in appearance due to its wide distribution range. All houseleeks grow spontaneously in rocky meadows, on rocks and scree, in open and sunny locations, mainly in mountainous areas. They belong to the Crassulaceae family.

This succulent perennial has thick, long roots that penetrate deep into the crevices of rocks, ensuring a good grip while drawing water from deeper sources. The plant slowly forms beautiful colonies of rosettes of different sizes, reaching 5 to 7 cm (2 to 3in) in diameter when mature and no more than 10 cm (4in) high. Over time, this houseleek can spread loosely or densely through its stoloniferous stems, forming a mat up to 40 cm (16in) on the ground, perfectly adapting to the terrain. Each rosette is composed of numerous spatulate, pointed leaves, bordered by hairs, without petioles, overlapping with each other. The centre of the rosettes is filled with small silvery bristles. Their colour varies depending on their age, the season, and the climate, but almond green dominates, especially in winter. Rosettes flower when aged 2 or 3 years, then disappear, after ensuring their perpetuity by producing a few small rosettes on the periphery. Fluffy flower stalks, 15-20 cm (6-8in) tall, develop from June to August, formed by thick stems that bear 1 to 8 star-shaped flowers with 8-12 pink petals crossed by a dark pink central line. The centre of the flowers is a deep pink.

 

Sempervivum Velvet Red, like all houseleeks, is an excellent plant for dry or alpine rock gardens. It thrives where few other species survive, colonizing abandoned spaces. If your soil is poor, rather dry, stony, rocky, or even slightly chalky, you can enjoy this hardy perennial (which can withstand temperatures below -15°C (5°F)), which requires no maintenance and promises to bring life to any pile of stones, low wall, or even green roof. Houseleeks are unusual and easy-to-care-for, attractive succulent plants. Their various shades of flowers and foliage inspire the desire to collect and multiply them to create astonishing landscapes in the most challenging places. They are magnificent in their design when planted in low pots and they are irreplaceable in borders, troughs, or rock gardens, alongside wall bellflowers, Paronychia, Sedum, or Lewisia cotyledon. Consider choosing companions with different blooming periods (Antennaria dioica, Thymes) and colourful foliage (Bergenia, Delosperma, Ficoides, Euphorbia myrsinites...) to create a variegated rock garden.

 

 

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Sempervivum erythraeum Red Velvet (Foliage) Foliage
Sempervivum erythraeum Red Velvet (Plant habit) Plant habit

Flowering

Flower colour pink
Flowering time June to August
Inflorescence Cyme
Flower size 3 cm

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour variegated

Plant habit

Height at maturity 10 cm
Spread at maturity 40 cm
Growth rate normal

Botanical data

Genus

Sempervivum

Species

erythraeum

Cultivar

Red Velvet

Family

Crassulaceae

Other common names

Common Houseleek, Hen and Chicks, Roof Houseleek

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

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Planting and care

Sempervivum Velvet Red enjoys sunny or partially shaded exposures, and well-drained, moist to dry and poor soils, sandy or gravelly, limestone or not. You can plant it in the ground or in a pot in spring or autumn, adding gravel or coarse sand to the planting substrate. If you plant it in a rock garden or on a wall, you will need to give it a little compost to allow it to establish, then it will take care of itself.

If you want to propagate it, simply cut a few young rosettes and replant them elsewhere, burying the roots slightly. Make sure it is not overwhelmed by taller plants or covered with dead leaves or vegetation, and remove faded small inflorescences.

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Planting period

Best planting time March, September
Recommended planting time March to May, September to November

Intended location

Suitable for Rockery
Type of use Edge of border, Container, Slope
Hardiness Hardy down to -29°C (USDA zone 5) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Planting density 5 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Neutral, Calcareous
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Stony (poor and well-drained)
Soil moisture Dry soil, Well-drained, poor.

Care

Pruning No pruning necessary
Disease resistance Very good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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