Hello GW, I did some trimming on some of my plants and have these cuttings for trade. I am looking for any Jade varieties that I don't have, but will also consider any variety of Jade that you may have to trade. List of what I currently have: Crassula Ovata Crosby's Compact Crassula Ovata Gollum Crassula Ovata Hobbit Crassula Ovata Hummel's Sunset Crassula Ovata Red Horn Tree Crassula Ovata var. obliqua f. variegata 'Tricolor' Crassula Ovata Bluebird Crassula Ovata I have attached a picture of the cuttings to this post. Thank you :-)

If pics dont work, please visit this thread: http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?p=3497714#post3497714 Ok big blog post. I just finished a huge post over at my aquarium journal thread, please check it out and comment, link in my sig. So when I was in US, I bought Lava rock and pea gravel. Big bags. I also bought a bag of cacti and suc soil. Since all succulent soil on the market suck, it was up to me to make a good mix. Ive used the cacti and succulent soil before and it becomes a piece of foam thats rock hard. Its terrible. I know because I transferred my plants here and there today. Ok so the lava rock was too big. I wanted to make it the size of pea gravel but it was just too much work. The reason you need all material of the same size is because water tends to make a layer over the odd sized stuff. So water would drain around the gravel but pond up over the big lava rock. Atleast thats what I think I read elsewhere. So I spent about 2 hours or so hammering lava rock. Made a mess of the balcony. I coundnt hammer hard enough or else my neighbours would knock at my door. The plastic container is huge but even then I couldnt condense my other hens and chicks. I wanted to reduce the pot/container use but couldnt. I also made the same soil mix for my Sago Palm. I love that plant. Bought it for $1.50 because it was "damaged". The leaves are yellow as you can see. Im assuming it was over watered. Dont worry baby you're in the right hands now :) So it begins [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/2w6ylvb.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i42.tinypic.com/2n3ke9.jpg[/IMG] The mess [IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/2v2axro.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/9qhfk8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i43.tinypic.com/2qxqh4k.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/2r5yyp5.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/5ww1ex.jpg[/IMG] Final [IMG]http://i41.tinypic.com/1zzgluf.jpg[/IMG] I couldnt set the top layer becuase there are too man small succulents everywhere. So setting it would be hard. Not to mention I ran out of the soil bag. So maybe next week I might get more and top it up. I still have to move around a few soil pots.

Hi americangolden, No, I think you have just one kind of Crassula ovata, the species type. I think Joe1980 basically did speak to all your questions. I can sorta make out what you're seeing as differences between the plants, but actually the red edge and faint up-turning versus down-turning of the edges -- these are all natural variations within the normal, everyday "Jade Plant" Crassula ovata. These differences are just natural variations between individuals in the species, either from their genes or their upbringing. Here in California where these are extremely common landscaping plants, Crassula ovata grown in shade have larger, darker green leaves which turn downward, whereas those grown in full sun have slightly smaller leaves with a red edge and without the downward curl. The cultivar 'Hummel's Sunset' is a much, much lighter gold color with variegation. There also exists another variegate with cream-and-green variegation and pink or red edges, sometimes called 'Tricolor'. It tends to sprawl rather than standing firmly upright like the standard, species type, and it grows more slowly. (I read once that this variegate DOES occur naturally in habitat, which is sorta cool. My favorite variegates are vigorous ones which occur in habitat.) There also exists a dwarf type with much smaller leaves and stature. And there are purported hybrids with C arborescens (Crassula undulata), and the rounded-down leaves of Crassula ovata 'Hobbit' or the tubular, trumpet-shaped leaves of C ovata 'Gollum'. The differences between these types are much more striking and obvious than the differences between the plants pictured. Hope that's not too disappointing! Happy growing! -- DC in L.A.

Happy - Bonsai West probably has some really large, fat ones - I had not thought of that. I, too, try to stay away because I will end up spending more than I should! They also usually have some really nice Portulacaria afra, if you are so inclined... I got this jade at Russell's Garden Center in Wayland...it caught my eye, so I took it home. Not too expensive, either. T