Sempervivum Calcareum: Growing The Houseleek Plant

Sempervivum calcareum (houseleak plant) up close

Sempervivum calcareum [sem-per-VEE-vum, kal-KAR-ee-um] is a succulent perennial native to the southern Alps in New Zealand and belongs to the Sempervivum plant genus and Crassulaceae (stonecrop) family.  It forms a