
Jade Plant
- Botanical Name
- Crassula ovata
- Hardiness
- Zones 11 to 12
- Height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Width
- 2 to 3 feet
- Flowers
- Star shaped, white to pink (rare on indoor plants)
- Light
- Full sun or bright filtered light
- Soil
- Moist, well drained (key) to dry
- Planting & Care
- Protect plants from winter drafts
- Can be summered outdoors
- Provide bright light, cool temperatures and dry soil in winter for flowers
- Propagate by cuttings
- Problems
- Mealybugs, spider mites, rot in poorly draining soil, leaf dry with extremely dry conditions
- Varieties
- California Red Tip - purplish-red leaf margins when grown in bright light
- Bronze Beauty - small coppery leaves, slow growing
- Sunset - gold leaf margins when grown in bright light
- Tricolor - pointed leaves are streaked with white and red, pink and white flowers
- Silver Jade Plant (Crassula arborescens) - blue-grey leaves with red margins
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