{"product_id":"sempervivum-calcareum","title":"Sempervivum calcareum","description":"\u003cp\u003eSempervivum calcareum is a houseleek with tightly packed blue-green rosettes and sharply contrasting dark red leaf tips. Its fleshy leaves form a precise, almost sculptural pattern, bringing structure to a small planting throughout the year. New offsets gather around the older rosettes, gradually building a low mat with a pleasing mix of different-sized heads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse it in an alpine trough, a shallow container or a sunny pocket in a rock garden, where the rosettes can be seen against gravel and stone. It combines well with other houseleeks for a foliage display that needs little watering once established. Excellent drainage is essential, particularly through wet winters. Older rosettes can send up stems of pale pink flowers in summer; remove the spent rosette afterwards as the surrounding offsets fill the space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy we like it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeometric evergreen rosettes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContrasting red leaf tips\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffsets fill narrow gaps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull sun\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse very free-draining gritty soil\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWater sparingly once rooted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoid waterlogged pots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemove old rosettes after flowering as offsets fill in\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour\u003c\/strong\u003e Pale pink when mature\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering Months\u003c\/strong\u003e Summer, on mature rosettes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEventual Height × Spread\u003c\/strong\u003e 5–10 × 15–25 cm (foliage)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Easter Island","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51568077996359,"sku":"1108150","price":3.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0661\/8821\/4500\/files\/sempervivum_calcareum_winter__52969.1717713041.jpg?v=1794596916","url":"https:\/\/www.newlands.ie\/en-gb\/products\/sempervivum-calcareum","provider":"Newlands Garden Centre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}