Sempervivum Pacific Blue Ice Verbena with a dark purple "old

with a dark purple "old faithful" spadix emerging from the center

round foliage adorns this upright-growing woody salvia to nearly 4' tall x 5' wide

The plant was first propagated and introduced in the 1980s by the former Montrose Nursery

which are topped with rosy pink flowers all summer

Sempervivum Pacific Blue Ice Verbena with a dark purple "oldSempervivum '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.