C. Scanlon, I can see your excitement as I read your post, when I first embarked on this web site I was very surprised to read family members remarks about jade plants and at first couldn't understand their excitement, until Cactusmcharris informed me that they don't grow ( almost wild.) like they do here where I live, Here in zone 9-10 in southern California .

With that said I guess It's safe to say propagating is a breeze. At least here.

What zone or area are you in?

Over here if a piece breaks off it only means wherever it falls you'll have a new plant growing soon.

Since then I've noticed we can do a lot more with these jade plants like trim them to look like a type of cypress tree the way the branches stretch out , they do look nice too, a plant I used to take for granted.

Not no more, now I actually started at new collection of them trimming them to look like a piece of art.

Yes they propagate very easily.

Greg

C. Scanlon those are some NICE Jades! Great find. Nice to know I am not the only one that will drive that far for a plant. : )

Glenn

Hi Greg.
Oh you're so lucky. I've seen lots of pictures of people who have these growing everywhere in their backyards in Cali and I'm so envious. I live in Massachusetts, zone 5, so we have to keep our succulents inside mostly, and I wouldn't imagine putting mine outside because they worth so much around here I would be worried about someone taking it in the middle of the night. (that's New England for ya).
So I keep my garden under my TV table in the room I rent, where it's always 70-ish degrees and I rigged up a nice big bright light. Here's a pic, it's not much but I'm proud :).

Glenn, my friends call it obsession lol

-Casie

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Cassie

good set-up for your 'babies'! Very inventive, especially with small space available.

Jade should root easily. I do not bother to do anything special, if/when the feaf drops, I just leave it there & most of them root.
I recently got some different succulent leaves, just lay them on surface & most of them have either thred-like roots, or rosettes or both.
Have 1 gollum with tiny rosette already; here some pics:

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...feaf...should be leaf(or leave)
...thred-like...should be thread-like

and sorry, couple of pics are really blurry; what a monday!
Rina

Rina,
Thank you glad you like my little slice of Heaven! Cool pics. Thanks for the useful info too. I'll just leave these little leaves right where they are, then :)
The Gollum Jade is the plant that got me started on this whole thing, 6 months ago I would have never thought about having houseplants in here, but I had to have this plant because I am a huge Lord of the Rings fanatic, then I saw a "Hobbit" jade, and that was it, I'm hooked!
-Casie

Cassie

you have some flowering plants there and looks like bunch of other cuttings - are they all succulents?

Rina

Rina,
I have a couple flowering plants, a osteospermum "soprano" that was too pretty to not buy, and a Sunsatia Lemon. Also I have some Zinger Hibiscus (yum), chinese forget-me-nots (not blooming yet), 2 moonflower vines, some lavender, basil and oregano.
All those cuttings are indeed succulents. I have a few silver dollar and mini leaf jade cuttings, and 4 other gollum cuttings what came from a very large mama.
Also I have several hens-n-chicks, a mystery plant (not sure if its sedum, echeveria, or... whatever lol), some "Baby Toes", some sedum stonecrop, 2 donkey tails that have fallen leaves propagating all over the place and of course the Hobbit, mini leaf and 2 gollums ( one small one large ).
But enough about me... how about you, do u have a link to pics of your mama plants? If so I would love to see....
-Casie

Cassie

that's lot more than I expected!
I have few succulents (you just commented on my moonglow on another thread "Gifts I received") and cacti, altogether about 42 + bunch of cuttings & rooting leaves.
I have lots of houseplants that I can't wait to put outside, it's not warm enough yet. Another 50+++pots...crazy!
And I really do not know much about taking care of them, asking lots of questions & reading old threads here on GW. Great posts from many experienced members! I greatly appreciate time they all take to answer any questions. And posting photos of their amazing plants.

I'll check with my daughter where she got that moonglow for me (btw, I am in Canada).

Rina

Can anyone identify the jade in the first photo? I have one just like it, but stubbier, not so much distance between the leaf nodes.

Penny

Penny, there is a small-leaf Crassula 'Crosby's Compact'. I'm not so sure the plant in the first pic is that...as it could be the regular Crassula ovata.

C. Scalon, Wow!!! thats a nice set up you have rigged up there I can tell your very proud of your babies too.

Thats funny thats exactly what my friends call it over here too a PASSION! and I'll be honest it's a little out of control too.

But heck when you consider all the vices people have this one ain't that bad you know, Like addicted to a good thing.

Your plants look very healthy and happy too for living indoors so whatever your doing keep it up. must be some very special light you have.

Greg

Greg, Addiction indeed!
I think its just a regular 5000k shop light quite honestly.... but it's great, I mean, what more could I need, right?

And a quick hello to rosemariero6. I see you all the time in these forums and I think you are just so smart and helpful and fabulous :)

-Casie

Oh my...I'm blushing, Casie! Thanks so much for that! I appreciate it. :) I'm jumping around so much on the posts these days (instead of reading ALL), that I confuse myself. LOL Didn't realize I hadn't posted to yours already.

That IS a very nice set-up you have for your plants. The Christmas lights are a nice touch. :P I call myself an obsessed plantaholic. Hee hee! Taught myself to identify them so I'd quit killing them! Addicted, passion...whatever...it's a healthy hobby to have (as Greg said), compared to some others.

Looking forward to seeing more of your pix as your plants grow! What zone 5 are you in (which state)?

Rosemarie

RoseMarie,
Glad you like the setup :). The Christmas lights I originally intended as a matter of purpose, I have 2 sugar gliders (their eyes are highly sensitive to light) and the shop light wasn't enough to keep them away from my plants, they were still sneaking around in the shadows on the floor around the plants, even uprooted my sedum morganianum! :( so I added the Christmas lights, they work like a charm and they look great too! :)
Im in Western Massachusetts (so cold up here).
Hey, would you say that my jade in the first picture in this thread is a Mini-Leaf Jade? Or something different?
Thank you
-Casie

My troublemakers, Roxas & Joey :)
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Casie,

Oh, cute lil troublemakers! I've never known anyone who has suger gliders for pets. Glad to hear the lights help keep them away from your plants! Genius! Aha~cold western Mass.!

As for your Crassula in the 1st pic, it's hard to say without seeing it next to a regular Crassula ovata~or measuring its leaves. Looking at it in the group pic, it seems more like the regular species. I was thinking (& posted earlier) that I thought it was 'Crosby's Compact', but thinking now it might not. :P

See the link below to a thread discussing & showing pic comparisons for C. 'Crosby's Compact'.

I found one pic online, by Jim Mercer, showing a plant of C. 'Crosby's Compact' which grew a stem of the regular Crassula ovata (so you can see the comparitive size):

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Rosemarie

Here is a link that might be useful: 'Crosby's Compact'

Rosemarie,
Ahhh, further confusion....
Oh well, she's still a beautiful plant no matter what she is. Thanks for trying, Mama, I appreciate your help for sure! :)
-Casie