When you live in an area where frosts are frequent, you have to look for plants that are able to withstand these conditions, and I can assure you that if you are a lover of succulents, you will not find another more resistant than Sempervivum tectorum.
It is a species that, in addition to not suffering any damage from hail or snow, also withstands heat if it has enough water. So, What to wait to buy it?
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Sempervivum tectorum is the scientific name of a species native to the Pyrenees, Alps, Apennines and Balkans. In the Iberian Peninsula we can also easily find it at high altitudes. It is popularly known as coronas, year-round grass, immortelle, greater immortelle, or pointed grass. It was described by Carlos Linneo and published in Species Plantarum in 1753.
It is a plant whose leaves grow to form a rosette about 3-4 centimeters high.. It has a great tendency to take suckers from the same roots, hence it is very interesting to cover small areas or pots that are lower than wide. It blooms in spring.
Its cultivation and maintenance is perfectly suitable for beginners. Put your specimen in semi-shade, water it about twice a week and I can assure you that you will have Sempervivum tectorum to give and give away for years. Of course, don't forget to fertilize it during the spring and summer and, if you have it in a pot, move it to a larger pot every three years so that it can continue growing and becoming more and more beautiful.
Do not worry about the cold, since withstands frosts down to -10ºC; The only thing he doesn't like so much is the heat, but he doesn't suffer if he protects himself from the direct sun and waters from time to time.
Enjoy your immortelle.