"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." [table-of-contents] stripped Long before Millennial gardeners made flowering succulents so hugely popular ...

"Now here's the hen," my grandmother spoke to my father with obvious pride, "and if you take care of her, she'll soon give you chicks." But instead of handing him a chicken, she gave him what looked ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- You probably know them as "Hens-and-chicks," "Live Forever" or "Houseleeks." But their name really is Sempervivums, from the Latin semper, meaning always, and vivus, meaning ...

Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Q. Early in the summer, I ...

Browsing in a garden center recently, I came upon a large display of containers attractively planted with succulents, most of them different Sempervivum tectorum cultivars commonly known as ...

They're compact, versatile, colorful, and virtually bullet-proof in the garden. They're also not prone to bugs or disease, they need no spraying, need little water or fertilizer, and even the deer and ...