Sempervivum globiferum
The rolling hen-and-chicks, long known as Jovibarba globifera: a fully hardy rosette succulent of sunny rocks and sandy ground from the Alps across central and eastern Europe. Its offsets sit on thin stalks and roll away to root, and it needs full sun, sharp drainage and a genuinely cold winter rather than any indoor coddling.
Where it grows wild
Sunny rock outcrops, cliffs, stony slopes, dry grassland, sandy pine woods and old walls, from lowland sand plains to alpine rocks.
Recorded from 120 m to about 2,665 m (median about 1,080 m); lowland plants on sand in the east, alpine plants in the Alps.
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