| Description | A interesting plant with densely packed elongated tubular gray-green leaves tipped with maroon. |
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| Pronunciation | (sem-per-VEEV-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8, AHS 8-1 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | Grows in just about any soil as long if it is well drained. |
| Flowers | produced in clusters on the tip of a leafy flower stalk arising from the center of a rosette, after flowering the base rosette will die after |
| Leaves | tightly packed tubular gray green leaves, incurving, can have beaked red tips |
| Propagation | division |
| Misc Facts | The common name House leek comes from the fact that it was believed that these plants prevent lightening from striking a house, so they were planted on the roof of houses. Sempervivum literally means live for ever and tectora means growing on roofs. |
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