Moody Succulent
by Cynthia Wolfe
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Moody Succulent
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Cynthia Wolfe
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Spring has arrived in North Carolina so I always check on my succulents to make sure they survived the winter. I cover them with pine needles during the cold months and pray they will return in the spring. I have lots of fairy gardens for the grandchildren and using succulents is always a must.
Hens-and-Chicks (Sempervivum tectorum or Echeveria elegans)
Two succulent plants share the common name of hens-and-chicks. They're closely related but look different. Both produce "chicks" -- small, identical plants that are slightly offset from the mother (the hen).
Echeveria elegans forms flat, flowerlike rosettes with rounded edges. Sempervivum tectorum also forms in rosettes, but each leaf tends to be flatter and more pointed. The flowering patterns are different. Echeveria grows arching, smooth, bell-shape blooms every year. Individual Sempervivum grows pink star-shape flowers on plants that die after flowering. Usually by this time the plant has produced so many offsets that the loss is not great. After all, the Latin translation of sempervivum means "ever living."
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April 1st, 2017
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