Sempervivum arachnoideum

Cobweb Houseleek, Spider Houseleek, House Leek, Cobweb Hen and Chicks
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ex 9cm pots
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Quick Overview
  • Clump-forming succulent rossettes
  • Fine cobweb-like silk surrounding the foliage
  • Attractive pink flowers when mature
  • Ideal on green-roofs or in dry stone walls
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Sempervivum arachnoideum, Spider Houseleek, is probably the most beautiful of all the Sempervivum species. Its upper surfaces are wrapped in silky threads as if entrapped by the actions of some deluded spider, creating a strikingly different visual impression. Readily forming numerous offsets and creating a low carpet of cobweb-encased rosettes it is ideal for green-roofs or establishing in the crevices of roof-tiles. Likewise, it is at home in the nooks and crannies of dry-stone walls or rockery features.

Sempervivum arachnoideum needs little in the way of care. Full sun and a well drained soil - if you do actually grow it in soil - is all that's required. If its grown as a lithophyte or on a roof it just needs a small handful of soil to extract some goodness from. It doesn't come more undemanding than that!


Additional Information

Order Saxifragales
Family Crassulaceae
Sub-Family Sempervivoideae
Synonyms Sedum arachnoideum, Sempervivum doellianum, Sempervivum heterotrichum
Geographical Origin Europe: Alps, Apennines and Carpathians
Cultivation Well-drained sandy, gravelly soil. Grows well in rock crevices, on dry stone walls and on roof tiles. Full sun
Eventual Height 3-4cm
Eventual Spread Clump forming: 30-50cm
Hardiness Hardy
Sempervivum arachnoideum
Cobweb Houseleek, Spider Houseleek, House Leek, Cobweb Hen and Chicks
Size
ex 9cm pots
Availability: Sold Out
£5.99
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