Looks like 'Hens and chicks' but not????

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  1. Tina

    Tina Young Pine

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    I went to a friends house today and found these. They look like 'Hens and Chicks' right now. My friend said that these grow up to have long stems and have pink flowers. Apparently they spread a lot too. Anybody knows what they are? Here are the pictures of the ones I brought along today. He said he will give me a pot full later :)

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  3. eileen

    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    They look very like my own Hen and Chicks Tina when the 'chicks' begin to sprout. They have tall stems when they flower and the blooms are pink.

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    calinromania Young Pine

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    looks like a small sedum to me. i mean small, as in the new growth after the winter's cold.
    will grow taller and indeed have flower stalks and bunches of probably pink blooms.
    Don't know which variety, but Sedum telephium looks like the one I have in mind.
    They don't make rosettes but rather like a small bushy plant.
    IS that what it is???
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    Palustris Young Pine

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    Almost certainly a Sedum, but not S. telephium. Would like to see the leaves more clearly to be able to say for sure what it is.
     

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