![]() The thick, fleshy leaves are arranged in a neat rosette and bloom only once before the parent plant dies, but with so many offsets, you will have these beauties year after year. The color starts out pale green with pale purple-pink accents and white margins. ‘Bermuda’ is a beautiful color changing variety that turns fully purple in the winter cold. These plants are amazingly easy to grow, heat and frost tolerant, and they create offsets generously. This is the second of many on our list and as you may have seen above, with good reason. If you don’t know about Sempervivum heuffelii, let me fill you in on this awesome little plant. Sempervivum Heuffelii ‘Bermuda’ ‘Bermuda’ is a hardy and heat tolerant plant that produces gorgeous rosettes that change color from pale green to purple. Artemis makes lots of offsets though, so there’s no shortage of baby plants to take their place. This succulent has yellow flowers that appear in summer, but they are terminal, and the parent plant dies after blooming. ‘Artemis’ thrives through winter, even beneath a blanket of snow. Its leaves are lightly dusted with fine white fuzz that protects it from heat and cold. This European native likes full sun and well-drained soil, but it isn’t concerned about excessive heat or frost. The tightly organized rosettes are green in the center, but turn deep purple at the ends, and the color continues to deepen into the fall, when the entire plant turns a deep eggplant shade. This superbly hardy succulent is frost tolerant to zone 4 and has a wonderful, symmetrical shape. Sempervivum Heuffelii ‘Artemis’ ‘Artemis’ is a hardy succulent with a densely arranged rosette with dark purple leaves. ‘Afterglow’ has lavender stems with deeper purple leaves and gorgeous, soft coral flowers. The spikes are about 1’ tall and branching at the ends. Echeveria are very heat and drought tolerant, and more sun will deepen the color of this pretty plant.Įcheveria bloom in summer, and many gardeners remove the flower spikes to encourage growth, but I think the blooms are just beautiful. ![]() The purple leaves have a delicate ruffle to the edges and a thin pink margin that really makes them pop. This wonderful variety is a large type, with lavender rosettes growing up to 12” in diameter. 26 Hylotelephium Telephium ‘Purple Emperor’Įcheveria ‘Afterglow’ ‘Afterglow’ is a gorgeous variety of Echeveria with large, lavender rosettes.Įcheveria is one of my favorite container plants, and definitely my favorite succulent.24 Sempervivum Tectorum ‘Purple Beauty’.
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