Thanks Margaret, I had to look into it as it's so confusing. I found this thread, Laurent explained that 'Bluebird' is an old synonym and there was a lot of good info on them. (It's just after the old echeveria photos)
http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2936596/crassula-bonsai-lover?n=44
I can't wait for them to grow!!! I now understand why it's good to prune our plants... need room for all the different varieties, lol.

Thanks, Nancy, for the link. Yes, I read that before by Laurent. The problem is that besides the species Crassula arborescens and my 'wavy jade' one, which would be Crassula arborescens undulatifolia, I'll post a link to that in a minute, I have three other types, all sold under the name 'Bluebird'. One has dark blue rubbery leaves, not wavy,(it is this one from which came the golden cutting), another has bigger, thinner leaves, not wavy, and one has long blue leaves. By their colour, and the red line around the leaves, they are C. arborescens cultivars or types. Here now is the link to my wavy Bluebird jade, but all were sold as Bluebird, and all are different. Even yours at the same link looks different from the one in your picture above, on this thread.

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Thanks for the update, Nancy! It's looking great and I am very happy to hear you are enjoying it. I have been calling mine 'Blue Jade' but have seen it commonly referred to as 'Blue Bird' as well. But as Marguerite mentioned there are several that are referred to as such. I just love this plant; since I have separated the plant in to individual cuttings I have really seen wonderful improvements in them. The largest is getting a nice chunky look to it. I will try to get some pictures of mine later this evening or tomorrow morning.

My Tricolor from Deva is doing okay. I think I need pay better attention to it's watering needs because the lower leaves are beginning to droop a bit. I have not gotten any new growth but it does have some great roots coming in. Some of the leaf cuttings I took when I potted it are starting to pop out some baby plants. They are very red right now so I am waiting to see how they develop.

-Erica

I'm glad to hear they cuttings are doing well in their new homes. I think I forgot how pretty they are! It's been a while now. They are probably ready for more water, like Erica said. I've noticed that you can gently squeeze a leaf and if it's got a little give its time to water. Just don't squeeze too hard. Think of an avocado. When it's ripe it has a little give to it, but if you press too hard you end up with a handful of bad guacamole.

School was done. But I am taking summer classes that started the week following finals. No break! Ugh. But just a few more weeks!!!

Deva, I finished my last semester of grad school classes but now I have to complete my research project! I feel like it's just never going to end.

I definitely have enough roots to start regular watering. I think it's a little dehydrated overall but I also don't want to over water it!

-Erica

Thanks everyone!!

Hi Margaret, I would love to see photos of all your jades that you bought as bluebirds, especially the ones you describe as:
"One has dark blue rubbery leaves, not wavy,(it is this one from which
came the golden cutting), another has bigger, thinner leaves, not wavy,
and one has long blue leaves."
I do recall seeing one in this tread:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2936955/crassula-arborescens-for-nancy?n=8
Golly, these are quite an interesting species of Crassula arborescens, I really enjoy seeing different varieties, how similar and different they can be.

Hi Erica, Glad to hear your "Blue jades" are showing good growth. Would love to see a photo, when you have time. That's so cool that you have baby tricolors, love to see them as well. I did not remove any leaves on my tricolor, I thought I could always take the lowest set of leaves later... which I will check later or tomorrow. Good luck with the research project.

Hi Deva, thanks, that is a good comparison of checking avocados (Why am I know craving loaded veggie nacho's with guacamole?)
I hope school goes by quickly, so you can have a break soon and I can send you cuttings.
The only thing I did after college was a few months of cooking classes that were unrelated to my field. I love pastries and desserts :)

Gotta jet,

Nancy

Nancy - I hope you got your nachos! I should have a break in 3 weeks or so. But that break will likely be consumed with research activities. PhD students don't ever really get a break! But maybe you can send me some of those pastries and desserts with the cuttings! :-P

Here they are!

This one I decided to grow in a soil/perlite mix just to see how it would do in comparison to the one in gritty. The leaves are not as thick but they have more prominent colors so far. The way Marguerite described hers shows resemblance in both of these that came from the same plant. The top one has thicker, rubbery leaves, while the one on the bottom so far has longer, thinner leaves.

Marguerite, is it possible that culture has led to slight differences in yours? How long have you had them? Did you get them from different places or grow them slightly different?

If I can remember I'll try to grab a picture of the tiny baby Tricolors from leaf.

-Erica

Erica, I grow all my plants in the same mix. The one in the photo Nancy so kindly fixed was bought about four years ago from Cactus UK, but is now living in the form of plants propagated from it. Your plant in the last photo very much reminds me of this one. From Cactus UK also, this year, came Curly jade. I bought the second one in my pictures on the Bluebird thread from eBay - the buyer had advertised it as the species Crassula arborescens, Silver Dollar jade, and then sent it and the actual Silver Dollar plant because he discovered he had posted the wrong picture for the sale. It was very kind of him. As I said before, the last, slender-leaved cuttings came from a friend, actually a professional gardener.

Sorry for the delay... I was away.

LOL Deva, I sure did get nachos, and a trio of margaritas... enjoyed greatly. Haha, I would be sooooo stressed mailing pastry with plants... I think I'd eat them before they got in the box.

Hi Erica, thanks for the update... they look absolutely beautiful! I really like the neutral tan pot with the pattern, it lets the jade's color pop nicely. It will be interesting to see how they grow in the different mixes. I have done that too as a fallback while I was new to the gritty mix.

Hello Margaret, I really love how we can make back up clones of our jades, it has helped me out at least twice when losing the parent plant :)

Nancy

Did the jades miss you while you were away? :)

Nah, they didn't miss me, I watered them beforehand, took hours. I'm now stressing that I need to expand to another southern window... yikes.

Awesome! Looks like they've all struck roots and have rehydrated.

Josh