{"product_id":"black-hen-and-chicks-bare-root-plant","title":"Black Hen and Chicks - Bare Root Plant","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack is a hardy hens and chicks with green centers and deep blackish-red tips, giving each rosette a dramatic, dark edge. It is a great choice for gravelly, poor soils where little else will grow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe central hen produces a ring of chicks that fill in over time, and you can pull off a few to plant elsewhere at any time. Use it in stone wall crevices, between pavers, in rock gardens or in shallow containers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTight, symmetrical rosettes 2 to 4 inches across of thick, pointed, fleshy leaves; the center of each rosette is green, and the outer half of each leaf darkens to a deep black-red at the tip. Small offset rosettes cluster around the larger one. Rarely, a rosette sends up a thick stalk with small star-shaped flowers. The plant forms a low cluster 4 to 6 inches tall and 6 to 8 inches wide. A group looks like dark-edged green stars set in gravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHens and chicks love the same lean, gravelly, sun-baked ground as lavender, so tuck them along the edge of a lavender bed, between stones or in gravel mulch for a low, sculptural contrast to the upright lavender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow in full sun in poor to average soil with sharp drainage, such as gravel, sandy soil, rock crevices or a shallow container; it needs very little water and rots in wet soil. Hardy in zones 3-8; a rosette that flowers will die afterward, so pull it out and let the surrounding chicks fill the gap, and replant extra chicks anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sempervivum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Occasional star-shaped flowers on a short stalk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Green centers with black-red tips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Low rosettes spreading by offsets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4–6 in tall × 6–8 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3–8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDormant bare-root plant, sold in boxes of 25 per variety (order in multiples of 25). Bare-root plants ship or are picked up March 1–May 31 only. They are soil-free, so they may ship to every state in that window. Dormant plants often show little or no top growth on arrival; plant or heel them in promptly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"Bare Root Plant","offer_id":67776918520104,"sku":"GLLF-PER-B6341ED7-BR","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/black-hen-and-chicks.jpg?v=1790892189","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/black-hen-and-chicks-bare-root-plant","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}