Sempervivum Pacific Blue Ice Hardy Palms and Cycads plantaginea-like flowers top the clump

plantaginea-like flowers top the clump in August

000' elevation in the provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan

until you have seen Hosta 'Revolution'

the flowers may vary in color

We hadn't either until 2006

Sempervivum Pacific Blue Ice Hardy Palms and Cycads plantaginea-like flowers top the clumpSempervivum 'Pacific Blue Ice' is a 1998 release from Oregon plant breeder, Gary Gosset. The nicely offsetting 4" wide rosettes have a silvery blue color, that's overlain with rosy red as the temperatures cool in fall. We have found this to have excellent garden performance in the hot, humid, southeast US. This is often marketed as Berry Blues hens and chicks.