One of my favorite succulent plants is named Crassula tetragona. These drought tolerant succulent plants look a little like pine branches with the needles sticking out the sides, or a green bottle brush. They are often used in bonsai pots to look like pine trees. In the ground for landscaping, they grow up to 4 Read More…
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Growing Crassula Rupestris or Rosary Plants
Rosary Plant is a unique little succulent plant that grows close to the ground and is great for hanging baskets. Rosary Plants grow into mounds 6 to 10 inches high. The leaves are just barely 1/4” long and arranged neatly along the stem to give it a square look. The base of the plant’s stems Read More…
Spoon Jade or Gollum Jade Crassula Portulacea Care
Succulent jade plants are great choices for low water gardens. These plants are easy to grow in hot dry areas and also make great houseplants. Their care is similar to cactus (without the thorns). One of my favorite succulent plants is named Crassula portulacea, commonly called Horseshoe or Spoon Jade. Recently they’ve been called Shrek Read More…
Crassula Ovata or Jade Succulent Plant Care
Crassula ovata or Jade plants are shrubby succulent plants that make excellent choices for dry landscapes and container gardens. Xeriscaping with drought tolerant cactus and succulent plants has become popular in dry areas or places where water conservation is a concern. Jade plants have thick, deep green leaves sometimes tinged with red on the edges. Read More…
Color Change Crassula Capitella Succulent Plant Care
This is Crassula capitella, sometimes called Crassula erosula. This unique succulent plant has also been called Red Flames or Campfire Plant. It has bright, lime green leaves with flaming orange red tips. Sometimes the entire plant turns red. This crassula gets tiny white flowers on upright, 6 to 8 inch stalks in early spring. When Read More…
Aeonium And Crassula Tetragona Succulent Plant Flowers
A few of my succulent plants are flowering out in the succulent patch. First is my Aeonium. It is one of the many plants called Hens and Chicks. I’ve written about aeonium before and I even have one that changes colors with the seasons. These succulent plants slowly form clumps a foot or more around Read More…
Friday Floral; My Color Change Crassula Capitella Is Flowering
I just love this succulent plant. I found it in a little 2 inch pot with no tag in the ‘novelty succulent plant’ heap at the local big box home improvement store. Since then I have been able to spread this plant down around the garden and over the patio in pots. It is named Read More…
Plant Profile: Crassula Tetragona Easy Succulent Plants for Dry Gardens
Crassula tetragona are drought tolerant succulent plants that look like pine branches with fat needles sticking out the sides, or perhaps a green bottle brush flower. These unique crassula are often used in bonsai containers to look like pine trees. In the ground, they grow up to 4 feet tall. The plants will branch at Read More…
Newsflash: Rosary plant (Crassula rupestris) getting ready to flower
I have exciting news from my garden. The rosary plant has flower buds! I’m excited because my rosary plants don’t all bloom reliably every year. Rosary plants, or Crassula rupestris, have low-water growing requirements similar to other succulents, but prefer partial to deep shade. I love these little succulent plants. I’ve got them spread out Read More…
Plant Profile: Crassula Capitella Another Color Change Plant
Here’s another succulent plant in my collection that changes color. This is Crassula capitella, sometimes called Crassula erosula. This succulent has also been called Red Flames or Campfire Plant. It has bright, lime green leaves with flaming orange red tips. It gets tiny white flowers on upright stalks in early spring. When grown in shade, Read More…