Browsing category: Sempervivum (Hens & Chicks)

Sempervivum tectorum ‘Oddity’

Oddity is usually classified as a large sempervivum and a mature rosette can have an astounding number of tubular leaves. I have counted as many as seventy-five tubes on one rosette.

One of Nature’s Small Miracles

When the snow melted early this past spring, I was horrified to discover that the deer had totally decimated all of the sempervivums in several large gardens. They didn’t leave a single plant… each one was eaten right down to the ground.

When “Have a Nice Day” Just Wasn’t Enough

After the deer demolished the sempervivums in my gardens, the one I most wanted to replace was a strange-looking little sempervivum called Oddity. It forms a rosette like the others, but instead of the leaves being flat, they are open green tubes tipped with red.

The Destruction of My Sempervivums

I did the first thing I always do each spring… I checked on my sempervivums. The deer had completely destroyed my sempervivums by eating them down to the ground. The damage they did this winter is devastating.