HENS AND CHICKS Sempervivum Hardy Succulents
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Winter hardy, drought tolerant succulents for the outdoor garden?! Yep! Hens and chicks are some of my absolute favorite succulents to plant outside in my garden here in Pennsylvania. Also known as Sempervivum, these rosette forming succulents have the perfect geometry that makes them so stunning in the garden. You can tuck them in all around the yard. They're great in rocky areas. They're very winter hardy and drought tolerant. And the good varieties will even change colors throughout the year. All the while producing tons of baby plantlets! They're garden stars! #hensandchicks #succulents #sempervivum
Stumbled across your station and enjoying your video's. Another easy way to get the hens, chicks or even sedums established in a stone wall is to wrap the stems or any roots you may have in burlap, works great when you have gravity working against you in a vertical position when you need that little extra grip until they take hold.
i loooove that tip!! i have some areas that ive struggled to get them established for that exact reason, i will definitely utilize your suggestion! thank you
Thank you for showing them growing in different arrangements and places. Best Hens and Chicks video I have found!
Yes I am inspired👍 thank you🥰
So glad!
Hen and chick heaven made me lol.
Hahaha
My three favorite plant discoveries this season have been Hen's and Chicks, Ice Plant, and Heucheras!
That’s a great trio!!
My favourite garden would be a rock garden. Hens and chicks …adorable. ♥️
me toooo! rock gardens are so fun!
Hi Devlin, what a nice video, the varieties you are showing are gorgeous...Lucky you to have all those wonderful P.A. rocks to artfully tuck them into! 🤗🌱
Yes!! These rocks are so fun to garden with!
Thank you! I just learned so much and your engaging delivery was such a pleasure to watch!!!
Awww love hearing that! They’re great plants!!
this is a great video. i literally just planted some in a rock in my perennial garden the. ran across this video
That is awesome!
I purchased these last year, a must have..colors are vibrant and lots of babies!!
Yessss!
Brilliant upload
My favourite succulents too.
Like done 👍 Thank you for sharing 👍
thanks for watching!!
I had no idea I could plant outside & they would last thru the winter here in 7a! Thanks!
yes easily!!
I'm in 6b and no problem lasting, they just don't grow much... except in the summer. I guess in 7a you're good.
I love your presentation ❤❤❤,,,I’m learning a lot
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you for the info I'll have to get some. Take care and God Bless.
thanks for watching!
love Sempervivum
yesss they're amazing!
Hens and chicks! I also saw your butterfly bush, I want one of those as well!! THANKS!!!! My Jade and Christmas cactus plants, by the way, are doing very well outside on the deck. I put them out for a few hours for a few days and now they are out all the time. thanks!!!!
love hearing that!!
I’m in Colorado & I have lots of hens & chickens & the way u show them are a great idea…. I love succulents - show some more succulents - different varieties .. so we can grow different things .I love how u explain things …
Thanks for your kind words! I will try to make some more this summer!
This is so helpful! I took several of my friends tall flower stalks. Fortunately I also got some of the babies! Since it doesn’t seem like that incredible flower produces any babies. Thank you!
yes you are correct! once they make flowers they stop making babies!
Nice I like the ones growing out of the rock wall
Agree!
I ordered 4 sets this year and I planted some in a hanging basket that have openings all around it, I sure hope it works well for me, yours look awesome.
im sure yours will look lovely!!
I love you're garden
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the rock is super sick. awesome video!! 🌸
Thanks so much!!
As Always, Excellent Advice ! Love the look of your rock wall with the hen & chicks naturalizing. You might consider adding some Portulaca to that Hot/Dry raised bed....for a simple Pop of color @ eye level.
oooh i like that suggestion! my dianthus vivid bright pink has been that eye level color so far, but some portulaca would be an awesome addition!
I agree I love the that look with the rocks
I never knew what sedum was but found two types on my road, sort of in the woods. I took a small amount and planted it in my yard. The next winter the snow plows cut through the patch that was there and it was gone. Glad I saved some because now they are ground cover all over my yard, especially in the rocky areas. One type flowers yellow and the others reddish-pink.
Thats amazing! I love how my sedum also seems to find its way in all the surrounding garden beds! theyre a wonderful ground cover indeed
Incredible channel!
Thanks David!
I enjoyed your informative explanation of these wonderful beauty succulents ..new subb 🎉
Thanks for joining!
I am in Canada (zone 3) and they do quite well as an outdoor plant. I have had sedum with hens and chicks as a green roof for my potting shed for 5 years. Every Spring I take it down to inspect them, thin them out a little and remove any casualties, give to my friends and neighbors then back they go.
Sadly there are some sempervivum that die after blooming...2 years later.
Wow I can’t believe they have done so well in your zone 3 garden! That’s amazing
Hi Devin;
FYI: Green Pins from the nursery also will help the succulents stay in place. They look like staples.
My local nursery has had Mr. Dirt sitting out in front of their nursery for at least 20 years. He is a wire form made of Hens and chicks and crassula. The nursery changes his baseball cap and t-shirt every year and he wears a pair of dark sun glasses sitting in a chair with his leg crossed up and work boots that have holes in them with more succulents coming out of the boots. Mr. Dirt is so cool I decided to make a Miss Dirt which I have completed the whole body but the head has been a challenge. I have the hair made of thick copper wire that will go on last. I used burlap, coco choir(sold by the foot) and moss. Definitely takes time and patience bending all the wire. The further I get the more pleased I am and she is almost done!
Wow I love hearing that!
Hes so cute
Lol
Very nice video 😊
Thanks for the visit
Nice ❤
Glad you like it
Lol hen and chick heaven
hehehe truth!
I add sand to my potting mix in a terra cotta pot for my Hens and chicks . I hope that is a good thing to do! It’s for drainage . I also add slow release fertilizer
Sounds good!
Nice to hear the meaning of the name!
pretty cool right?!
Planted these in. Zone seven orth Carolina in hard rocky soil in sun three yrs and they spread hugely and even flower. No mulch o fertizers. O. Nothing. An take hard freezes and long hot summers. Gooduck.
Love hearing that!!
This was a wonderful video! I had to watch six other videos on hen and chicks to get the info I got out of yours. I subbed now and will check out your channel.
Love that!
I love the way you have planted your hens and chicks in crevaces in your gardens. It looks great, and I love the red colors of the plants. I have them growing all around my gardens, both in ground, and in pots. They are very easy to grow. Thanks for another great video.
They’re so fun to watch from season to season change colors!
I bought these last year and planted them in the ground. I think their location meets all the required conditions but they have been slow to grow. There are a few babies, but I am hoping they get larger this season.
This season they should start to multiply more!
Very beautiful friend!! And thanks for the wonderful tips ❤️ Do deers or rabbits like to eat those plants? I like to start growing them
The critters stay away!!
Hi from Canada just found your channel and ill be liking and subscribing so much info and very detail oriented thankyou. I do have a question though. I have a few hens that have grown to bloom this year, we just bought this house so its my first year with them. What should i do with the hen once its done blooming and died? Do i need to prune it? Or does it just fall off? I dont want to ruin it. Thank you again!!
Hi! When they flower that signals the end of their life. I tend to just leave them be bc they likely have some babies attached to them. You can definitely cut the spent flowers off though
I just found your Channel today and I live in Bucks County Pennsylvania. I heard you say you lived in Northern East Coast. It's funny I'm actually going to buy some of these today from a place called Bountiful Gardens in Ewing New Jersey. They sell them $25 for $5. And they're pretty large. I intend to do something very creative outside with them. Anyhow I haven't even listened to this video yet and I just wanted to comment that I'm grateful to have found it and I look forward to what you have to say
Awesome!! I’m in chester county, so not too far away. I will definitely hace to go check that nursery out! Thanks for the tip
@@plantvibrations oh it's an amazing Nursery we definitely be worth to drive. Man I wish I could post pictures in the comment section to show you what I created today. I found a piece of Driftwood along the Delaware River and dug it out and planted cactuses and chicks and hens in it it looks really awesome
@@JeremyPezzeca send me a photo on instagram if you can!
I wish I could take care of hens and chicks like you but we don't have good luck with them they always dry out at some point, then by the fall their gone. But I really love the plant tho.
ahhh shucks!
You look like Leonardo DiCaprio . Love your videos. Semps are my favorite too . What zone are you in ? I’m in zone 7 . I’ve made a VERY gravely bed . I’m concerned it may be too gravely . It’s 70% or so 1/4 inch minus gravel and the rest Coco Loco potting mix with some Sandy loam . What mix do you use in your beds ? Thank you 😊
I’m in zone 6b! These and Hardy sedum would be perfect for your gravely beds
Good video. What was the name of the changing color hen ,& chicks? So you saying after the mama plant flowers she dies? Ty
Yes the mama dies after flowering. Many of the different varieties change color, I believe that one was Ruby heart
My hens and chicks started out from my grandmother years and years back i got some from my mom that were my grandmothers but im wondering who to plant the seedling from the roosters i have
Hopefully this video gave you some ideas!
So i can keep this plant outside in the winter
Yes very winter hardy
If I have a container of hens & chicks and sedum, can I leave it outside all winter? Zone 6b like you. Thanks!
Yes absolutely!
Who would win the war on my rock wall, the Sempervivum or the Lilly of the Valley. AND, when I have a nice pile of hens & chick and the 3 on top are huge, can I transplant them or will they just die?
Oh dang that’s quite the battle! You can definitely transplant
What kind of soil or potting mix do they prefer?
They love very well draining often rocky soil
I too stumbled on ur channel about hens & chicks. BEST plant channel EVER.. Quick to the INFO and PLENTY of info. I have had horrid results with these succulents. Thanks for All the info.! I’ll be back! 🪴🌱
Wow thanks for the compliment ! I hope there are more helpful videos, I hope you have a chance to peruse a few
I live in Vermont, zone 5, and it's December. The temps are in the 20's & 30's, but it will get much colder in the coming months. Is it okay to transplant them outdoors now or should I wait until spring?
You’ll want to wait. Without a gradual shift to cooler temps they’ll freeze and get mushy
I have an indoor pot of Hen and Chick. How is it best to care for it. Some of them have dried leaves, should they be removed? Chick's are everywhere. How often and how much do I water them? Thx C
If they are sempervivum I would rly suggest putting them outside! No need to remove the dried leaves
I have 2 quick questions for you. 1/. Are these hardy enough too survive a MN winter (zone 4), we have 2 feet of snow outside right now. So wondering if they would survive in ground or a container. Or should I grow then in a container only and bring them inside over winter? 2/. Would the same care/needs apply for the 'Cobweb Houseleek', (Sempervivum Arachnoideum)?
Hmm they’re going to be right on the cusp, I know they can be Hardy to zone 4 at times, definitely Hardy to zone 5 for sure. However all plants lose hardiness by 1-1.5 zones when planted in containers vs the ground. You can definitely plant them in pots and bring them in for the absolute coldest times of the year but they perform best when allowed to experience a good amount t of cold
At the coldest days of the year, (now for this year), whether planted in ground or in containers, they would be burried under the snow, so should be insulated against most of the cold, especially the NW winds right out of Canada.
Maybe I should try an experiment. Gather up some pups, plant some in the ground, and others in two pots. Bring one pot inside when temps get down to freezing. Then see what happens with the rest.@@plantvibrations
@@stephenwilling7287do it! They will prob survive! Just saw a few videos of them surviving a MI, WI, & MT winter!!!
I live in ontario Canada and I have one planted outside in the garden. We get lots of snow and it looks happy and healthy the whole time. I know this is an old post but if you havnt done it I suggest you do! Good luck!!
I live in the Uk. We get a fair bit of rain. Would they survive okay outside in these conditions? Or shall I keep them indoors? I love them!
Edit - I’m in zone 9a if that makes a difference.
Definitely outside! In a rockery would be the best
@@plantvibrationsoh ty soo much! Yay!😃
I love hens and chicks. I have 2 but they are droopy but 1 is actually growing a baby. How can I get them to raise up?
Droopy? Is it inside? They need to be outdoors
@plantvibrations that'd be why. I have them inside 😏 Thank you
Do the Hens stay alive if the babies are constantly trimmed off?
yes they absolutely will
I live in zone 9, can they survive here?
Hmm it may be too warm in your zone
I have tier container of hens &chicks.. do I store in garage for winter or leave outside?
just leave it outside!
Leave outside. They. An take anything excep too much water.inez sun.
great video and tips...i love these succulents so much...hugs from greece
Glad you like them! They’re some of my favorite!
Can hen chick's be grown in deep south or indoors
Not indoors but they should be fine in the Deep South provided they’re growing in an area with impeccable drainage
Are the hens and chicks deer resistant?
Yes but squirrels will move them sometimes
My dad always wonders why I call my lil plant prop “Jimmy.” It’s none of his business where I got that from 😂
Hehehehe
Can these be planted in containers ??
Absolutely
Can they be planted and do okay in a shady or semi-shady spot?
If it is a deciduous shade spot then yes, and evergreen shade then no. Semi shade is all good
Just make sure no sitting moisture
Mine aren't doing well, maybe I'm over watering them.
Let’s them stay dry!
I wish I could see your plants. There is a black banner with what you are already saying across the screen, so I can't see anything.
Turn your cc off
Father hen
Hahah
Growing wild?. Here I pay money to buy them. Lucky you
They’re worth the purchase!
8 thai doing MALLS
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Deer love them also … unfortunately.
Really? I’ve never had a problem with deer bothering mine
Something looks succulent and it's not those damn plants.
Lol
Agreed