Boule de Neige

'Boule de Neige' means 'snowball' in french and that's a good description - dense mounds of globular little rosettes, so heavily covered in white hairs as to look like, well .... snowballs!

Like all Semps, the colour changes with the seasons - the rosettes start the year with a red flush (like in this image) but still densely cobwebbed. 'Boule de Neige' looks good all year but is at it's best in summer; dry weather makes the balls tighter and more silvery white. Unlike some other densely hairy plants, it's a good grower even in wetter conditions.

Has become one of our favourites. 

Bred by André Smits (Belgium) 1994