Hello All. Thanks everyone, glad you all like it. Yes the weather here in the UK has been very strange lately, I was on the river side on sunday enjoying the sun, now tuesday, were told to expect snow tomorrow lol. I live in Hull and have been looking in every garden center locally for years, and after a long search on the internet, I found a place called southfield nurseries in Lincolnshire that sold much smaller ones. It is a 2 hour drive from my home so I called and asked if they had any bigger ones, wich they did, but they won't deliver these as they are too big for transit. Luckily for me, they have a friend who also lives in Hull, and were visiting at the weekend, so they very kindly offered to take one to his house for me to pick up :) When I picked it up, it was just at the end of flowering, lots of dead flower at the end of each banch, really hope it flowers again next year. Does anybody have any tips on ensuring it does, and does anybody know, if I were to prune it slightly, is now a good time of year to do it? Kind regards, Steve.

cacturmcharris- thanks for you kind words :) puglvr1- thank you also, and judging by your name you like pugs? u would love it here, 3 pugs, 2 french bulldogs, think im addicted to them haha. Juleclmns- Thanks, i have just googled it and yes, its looks like that is what they are called, although, i've read on another thread on here, the name tropical sunset- love it!! so think I will call it that :) Marguerite- I looked at the link.. appologies for out-bidding, but as soon as it gets a bit bigger I will send you cuttings if you like?? It is a beautiful plant, it seems to glow!! I would love to be able to get it going elsewhere. Kind Regards, Steve

Over the years, I find keeping young cuttings and jades in a rich mix actually grows faster than the ones kept with fast draining mix. I do use the fast drain/dry medium for my bigger jades with thicker woody trunks. I think it might be the same reason why garden centers always used regular rich soil on their jades. You just need to be careful with watering since the rich soil holds more moisture. Have anyone come across a nursery grower or retailer using the fast draining medium which majority of our board members use and recommend? I haven't myself.

Unless you are comfortable and have grown crassula before, I wouldn't buy a big plant. I can only offer an opinion based on my climate under my care. This plant does best in as much sun as possible. My largest one is in "almost" full sun. Sun from sunrise until very late afternoon. I also have summer temps that can go over 110 degrees. The more shade I give one, the more it is green and not yellow and red. It colors best in the winter right up against the plastic on the west wall of the greenhouse. Plants on the east side of the greenhouse don't look as nice. I experimented with a few indoors over the winter. The only one that held any color was one right against a south window that wasn't obstructed by things outside. Plants in the east windows were pretty much green. I would go easy on water and very easy on fertilizer. In my opinion most people over pot crassula and that is why they don't see blooms. randy