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Houseleek can be easily multiplied by offshoots
Houseleek easily multiply over offshoot
House sausages (Sempervivum) are a very interesting genus of flowering plants from the family of the thick-leafed plants. The perennial succulents form over time large-scale rosette pads, the individual rosettes, depending on the species, between about 0.5 and up to 22 centimeters in diameter can measure. Each new rosette is basically nothing but an offshoot of the mother rosette that dies after flowering.
Houseleek forms daughter rosettes
If you purchase a single rosette, it will quickly grow into rosettes, called daughter rosettes, after planting, creating a dense Sempervivum cushion. Only at the age of at least two to three years Sempervivum will bloom, with the shoot-forming rosette developing into a shoot axis which, depending on the species, can grow between three and 60 centimeters tall. This rosette dies after flowering and can - if you do not want to gain seeds - be removed afterwards. The daughter rosettes, however, either remain in the eyrie or can be separated and planted independently.
Plant daughter rosettes
The propagation of Sempervivum via the subsidiary rosettes called offshoots is quite simple:
Other care measures are usually not necessary, because in the care very uncomplicated house roots will grow quickly and hit new roots. The best time to cut and plant the offshoot is spring or early summer. Incidentally, the young plants are absolutely hardy.
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While propagation through offshoots is always varietal - that is, the daughter plants look just like the mother plant and also have the same characteristics - seed multiplication is much more exciting. With seedlings you never know what to expect - and what you really get in the end. Especially with the varied Hauswurzen this promises to be very interesting!