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Crassula
Growing and propagating Crassula, including jade plants, ropes, and miniatures.
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Jade Plant Turning Red: Stress Colour or Damage?
Why jade plant leaves turn red from strong light, cold, drought, nutrient restraint, or sunburn, with a practical diagnosis table and care adjustments.
Jade Plant Root Rot: Signs, Rescue Steps & Prevention
How to confirm jade plant root rot, cut away dead roots, decide when to re-root the top, and prevent rot from returning in Crassula ovata.
Jade Plant Yellow Leaves: Six Causes and How to Fix Each
How to distinguish the six causes of yellow leaves on jade plants — over-watering, root rot, drought, light deficit, nutrient deficiency, and cold —…
Crassula Leaves Soft: Drought or Root Rot — How to Tell Them Apart
How to diagnose soft Crassula leaves by texture, pot weight, colour, and smell — distinguishing drought dehydration from root rot, cold damage, early…
Jade Plant Black Spots: Edema, Rot, Sunburn, or Pests?
A diagnostic guide to black spots on jade plant leaves and stems, including edema, fungal spotting, sunburn scars, pest damage, cold injury, and rot.
Jade Plant Leaves Falling: Causes, Diagnosis & Recovery
Why jade plant leaves fall, how to separate normal ageing from cold shock, drought, over-watering, root rot, and pests, and exactly how to stabilise the plant.
Leggy Jade Plant: Why It Stretches and How to Fix It
How to diagnose a leggy jade plant, correct low light, prune stretched stems safely, and prevent weak internodes from returning.
Jade Plant Wrinkled Leaves: Drought, Root Loss, or Rot?
How to diagnose wrinkled jade plant leaves by texture, soil moisture, roots, temperature, and watering history, with safe recovery steps.
Jade Plant Mealybugs: Identification, Treatment & Prevention
How to identify mealybugs on jade plants, treat above-ground and root infestations with isopropyl alcohol, neem, and systemics, and prevent recurrence.
Crassula Not Flowering: Natural Causes and Cultural Fixes
Why Crassula ovata fails to flower in cultivation, how to provide the cool-dry dormancy trigger, correct light and fertiliser, and set realistic expectations.
Crassula Aerial Roots: What They Mean and What to Do
Why Crassula ovata produces aerial roots above the soil line, how to separate drought stress from root zone failure, etiolation, and normal mature…
Crassula tetragona (Miniature Pine Tree): Profile & Care
Field-guide profile of Crassula tetragona, the miniature pine tree: diagnostic 4-ranked leaves, cultivation specifics for this species, and easy propagation.
Crassula pyramidalis (Buddha's Temple Relative): Profile & Care
Field-guide profile of Crassula pyramidalis, the square-columned winter-growing succulent from South Africa: diagnostic 4-ranked leaves and care notes.
Crassula obliqua: Older Name for a Jade Plant Form
Crassula obliqua is an older horticultural name now treated as a synonym of Crassula ovata, sometimes applied to forms with obliquely set leaves.
Crassula 'Moonglow': A Columnar Silver Hybrid
Identification and care of Crassula 'Moonglow', a columnar silver-white hybrid of C. deceptor and C. perfoliata var.
Crassula 'Platyphylla': Flat-Leaved Jade Relative
Identification and care of Crassula 'Platyphylla', a flat-leaved Crassula used widely in mixed-succulent plantings.
Crassula 'Campfire': A Red-Leaved Selection of C. capitella
Identification and care of Crassula capitella 'Campfire', a compact cultivar selected from C. capitella subsp.
Crassula species: Unidentified and Orphan Records
Notes on identifying plants sold simply as Crassula sp., including common trade labels, likely species matches, and how to narrow down an unknown.
Variegated Crassula: Identifying and Keeping the Pattern
Notes on variegated Crassula cultivars, the types of variegation involved, and how to prevent a plant from reverting to plain green.
Crassula sarmentosa: Trailing Jade
Identification and care of Crassula sarmentosa, trailing jade or variegated trailing Crassula: a lax branching species from South Africa suited to hanging pots.
Crassula socialis: Cushion-Forming Miniature
Care notes for Crassula socialis, a dense cushion-forming southern African miniature that forms tight rosette mats from rooting stolons.
Crassula Bonsai: Shaping the Jade Plant as a Miniature Tree
Practical guide to training Crassula ovata as bonsai, covering trunk thickening, pruning cycles, wiring limits, and soil and watering changes.
White Crassula: Species and Cultivars with White Flowers or Variegation
White crassula is a loose common name for species with white flowers (C. alba, C. ovata) and for cream-variegated cultivars like Crassula ovata 'Tricolor'.
Crassula alpestris: A High-Altitude Compact Species
Identification and care of Crassula alpestris, a compact high-altitude southern African Crassula with short columnar stems and densely packed triangular leaves.
Crassula rupestris: Buttons on a String
Identification and care of Crassula rupestris, buttons on a string or rosary vine: a column-forming southern African succulent with paired fused leaves…
Crassula tenelli: Care Notes for a Miniature Mat-Former
Care notes for Crassula tenelli, a small southern African mat-forming species that propagates rapidly from short stem cuttings.
Crassula imperialis: A Small Obscure Species
Notes on Crassula imperialis, a small obscure southern African species rarely seen in cultivation and often confused with other miniature stacked-leaf Crassula.
Fuzzy Crassula: Hairy-Leaved Species Guide
The common name fuzzy crassula covers several hairy-leaved species, chiefly Crassula pubescens and Crassula mesembryanthemoides. Identification and culture.
Crassula arborescens: Silver Dollar Jade
Identification and care of Crassula arborescens, the silver dollar jade: a blue-grey shrubby succulent from the Western Cape, close relative of Crassula ovata.
Crassula 'Calico Kitten': Variegated Trailing Hybrid
Care notes for Crassula pellucida ssp. marginalis 'Calico Kitten', a small trailing variegated hybrid with cream, green, and pink patterned leaves.
Crassula 'Buddha's Temple' / Pagoda Crassula
Identification and care of Crassula 'Buddha's Temple' (Pagoda Crassula), a tightly stacked columnar hybrid of C. perfoliata and C.
Crassula cephalophora: Rosette-Forming Miniature
Care notes for Crassula cephalophora, a small rosette-forming species from the Eastern Cape with a tight leaf arrangement that compresses under strong light.
Crassula marginalis: Trailing Red-Margined Species
Care notes for Crassula marginalis, a trailing southern African species with thin stems and small red-edged leaves, popular for hanging displays.
Crassula perforata: String of Buttons
Identification and care of Crassula perforata, the string of buttons: a stacked-leaf column-forming succulent from the Eastern Cape, easy to propagate…
Crassula muscosa: Watch Chain Crassula
Identification and care of Crassula muscosa, the watch chain or princess pine crassula: a tiny scale-leaved southern African species that forms dense…
Crassula capitella: Campfire Crassula
Identification and care of Crassula capitella, the campfire crassula: a stacked-rosette species from southern Africa that turns fiery red under strong…
Crassulacean: How to Say It
Pronunciation guide for the word crassulacean, used in Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. IPA transcription, syllable breakdown, and common mispronunciations.
Crassula pangolin: Overlapping-Scale Miniature
Care notes for Crassula pangolin, a small South African species with densely overlapping scale-like leaves resembling pangolin armour.
Crassulaceae: How to Pronounce It
Pronunciation guide for Crassulaceae, the plant family name that includes Crassula, Sedum, Echeveria, and Kalanchoe. IPA and common variants.
Crassula obvallata: A Clump-Forming Rosette Species
Identification and care of Crassula obvallata, a clump-forming rosette succulent from the Eastern Cape of South Africa, grown for its dense white…
Crassula 'Morgan's Beauty': A Compact Pink-Flowered Hybrid
Identification and care of Crassula 'Morgan's Beauty', a compact hybrid of C. perfoliata var. falcata and C.
Crassula conjuncta: A Name Now Synonymised with C. perfoliata
Identification and care of Crassula conjuncta, an older name now treated as a synonym of Crassula perfoliata var.
Crassula falcata: Propeller Plant
Identification and care of Crassula falcata, the propeller plant: a sculptural grey-leaved southern African succulent with scarlet summer flowers.
Crassula ovata: The Jade Plant
Move it to the brightest practical position and use a gritty container mix.
Crassula argentea: Another Older Name for the Jade Plant
Crassula argentea is an older botanical name now treated as a synonym of Crassula ovata, the jade plant. Here is what the name means and where to go for care.
Crassula alata: A Winter-Growing Annual
Identification and care of Crassula alata, a tiny Mediterranean-climate winter-growing annual Crassula, unusual in the genus for its short life cycle…
Fairy Crassula: Crassula multicava and Close Relatives
Fairy crassula is a common name most often applied to Crassula multicava, a shade-tolerant mat-forming species with pinkish airy flower sprays.
Does a Crassula Need Sun? A Quick Diagnostic
Yes, Crassula plants need strong light.
Crassula umbella: Wine Cups
Identification and care of Crassula umbella, the wine cup crassula: a small southern African species with fused perfoliate leaves cupped around its flower stem.
Crassula portulacea: An Older Name for the Jade Plant
Crassula portulacea is an older botanical name now treated as a synonym of Crassula ovata, the jade plant.
Gollum Crassula: Crassula ovata 'Gollum'
Care notes for Crassula ovata 'Gollum', a fixed tubular-leaved mutation of the jade plant with funnel-tipped 'finger jade' foliage.
Crassula spiralis: Identification & Care
Care notes for Crassula spiralis, a small spirally-stacked Cape species often confused with Crassula rupestris subsp. marnieriana.
Crassula 'Dorothy': Cream-Margined Jade Cultivar
Care notes for Crassula 'Dorothy', a variegated jade-type cultivar with cream-margined leaves requiring bright light and periodic reversion pruning.