Late Summer Jades - 2016
Hi everyone! Finally some good weather for growing jades, a bit of rain and sun has done them well.
I hope you'll post your summer jades too.
1. C. ovata variegata..... outgrowing it's starter pot :)
2. C. ovata variegata
3. C. ovata variegata
4. Hobbits and a few others
5. Crosby's Compact in very small pot
6. Hobbit
7. Mostly hobbits.... gollum on lower right
8. tricolor
9. Crassula Arborescens (Silver Dollar)
- Crassula Arborescens
-Nancy
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Comments (12)Thanks Caudex, for posting your zone info. While walking my dog this AM I noticed that the jade bush which I got my branch cutting from has flower buds (not opened yet) on it! This surprises me because this bush is in a lot of shade. Located on a small side yard slope with many very tall cyprus trees planted in front of it and a tall dark colored wood fence behind it. I literally have to peek between the cyprus looking for the bush and yet it has flowers. Further on my walk there is a full block of jade bushes in full sun. They took quite a beating during our 110 degree week recently. They have no flower buds and one branch has turned black and sort of charcoal like, dying off and crunchy. Other jades on my walk in full sun also have no buds yet. Interesting! The shaded jade never has red tips on it, truly is in a dark area with only peaks of light at certain times of the day. No buds on mine yet....See MoreJade, jades, jades, anyone?
Comments (128)Thanks for all the pictures. Are you satisfied as-is or do you have plans for pruning/directing growth? I'm not saying it needs change, it is beautifully shaped as-is. Just wondering what your plans are. It would be brash indeed to insist this go into a gritty mix since it has done so well in its current soil. Caution is definitely worth repeating however. If a person waters appropriately the plant can thrive in a water-retentive soil. The problem comes in when someone waters frequently, waters some more as the answer to all plant problems, and waters still some more to fulfill some nurturing tendency(that'd be me). The soil then tends to stay soggy, and the plant spends a lot of energy repairing and replacing waterlogged roots instead of growing. If this continues the plant is at risk to be overwhelmed with root rot and death. At that point there are not enough roots to use the water, and the soil is destined to stay soggy until the haggard plant is rescued, or it simply gives up the ghost. With an appropriate gritty mix, the waterlogged condition never occurs, thus it is safer for the novice/casual grower, though under watering can slow plant growth too. (With a quicker wet-dry cycle in a gritty mix, faster root growth can occur and subsequently faster plant growth. Another advantage.) I was trying to talk water, but in the process got very long-WINDED. Stopping now. ez...See MoreThe End of Summer 2016 SA
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Comments (53)Believing how we time the manipulations we put our plants through doesn't matter, particularly hard pruning and repotting which includes root pruning, flies in the face of all reason. It matters when we water, it matters when we fertilize, it matters when we prune - even a single branch or root tip, it matters when we move our plant outdoors, it matters when we move our plant indoors, it matters when our plant is too hot, it matters when our plant is too cold, it matters when the pot is too large, it matters when the pot is too small, it matters what soil is in the pot, it matters if the plant receives too much light, too little light matters ........; but when you repot/root prune DOESN'T matter? To say there is not a better time to repot/ root prune than, say the dead of winter, is to put one's naiveté on display. That's not meant as an insult, it's simply stating a fact. "Not at all hard to refute, in that it has never happened to me that the plant even needed to recover" doesn't come close to being a refutation. Traffic accidents don't injure people because my sister has been in 10 of them and has never had to recover. Germs aren't real because I've never noticed one. ANY time you prune a root, there is a recovery period whether one is able to see it or not. Every person who has ever root pruned a plant KNOWS with certainty there is a recovery period during which the top doesn't grow until the volume of roots increases to the point the plant can sustain additional canopy volume. The logical error you make even has a name. It's called "Begging the Question" or "Circular Reasoning". Begging the Question is a logical fallacy in which the premise includes the claim that or assumes the conclusion is true. You claim it doesn't matter when you repot/root prune because you believe your plant doesn't have to recover from the work, which clearly illustrated your premise rests on a faulty assumption because no person who thinks clearly believes a plant needn't recover from having half of it's roots (or more) severed. As I said, I encourage M and S to continue whatever they think is fun, but I encourage others to give a little more consideration to working in harmony with their plants' ever changing periods of strength and weakness, instead of against them. It makes soo much more sense than the "at will" approach to tending plants, and it even leaves you feeling more fulfilled. I just feel much closer to plants when I know I'm acting in ways that minimize the amount and duration of stress they must endure. Al...See Morenanzjade z5 MA
7 years agoMargaret - The pink plant you asked about is C. Arborescens (Silver Dollar).
My orange cat gave it a head-bump and so the new set of leaves are distorted.
Bunkfree / Kd - Only If you have time....I'm still a ways away from building a cat enclosure but it's neat to see how one is built. If you'd like to turn on the message option, you need to change your settings in Edit Profile, Advanced Settings - scroll down to Privacy Settings section and choose Who Can Message Me (either the Allow anyone to message me or Allow users I follow to message me).
Notolover - I'm glad you're liking the cat pics :) I just love my Candy Cane plant, it grows rather quickly for a variegated plant and it seems to enjoy a good amount of filtered sun, as when it was in the house it was starting to reach for the light.
Rina - I Love ALL your jades! Nice purple-pink tones on the tricolor! Hey, what's behind the tricolor? Is it a supersized burros tail?!?!
Hookilau - Sorry to hear about your jade losses :( I hope you'll show some of your remaining jades though! I'm starting to think about the Fall too, I just can't bring in and out dozens of plants everyday....a set of wheels for the shelf is sounding better and better!
Davez - Cute little Red Horn Tree, the new growth is adorable :)
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoNancy
Thank you...and the 'supersized' one is Sedeveria 'Harry Butterfield' - grows just like burros tail, but longer leaves. They fall off almost as easy, every leaf will root. It is getting too big :)
I forgot these red and small leaved jades - whatever he name...the newest growth seems to be greener, I don't know why 'cause they are in same spot. Maybe bit less sun since the days are shorter?
I can see water marks - not enough rain water in the barrels. We need some more rain :)nanzjade z5 MA thanked rina_Ontario,Canada 5ananzjade z5 MA
7 years agoCristina
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI love this thread, all your plants are wonderful, thanks for sharing them!
My collection of jades is still modest, but I'm very happy with how they are growing.
Let me introduce you to my still little plants. In the picture below you can see all of them enjoying a little bit of London afternoon sunshine after being watered. I'm going on holidays today so this is the last time they are going to drink in a month. Normally I keep them outside, but I took them inside for the pictures.
Some close-ups:
This is the plant that awoke my interest in jade plants. I rescued it from my office on 1 April, where it had been living for about two to three years with too much water and no natural light. It had lost lots of leaves, and the remaining ones didn't look very well. The roots were fairly damaged but after four months and a half at home it is pushing a lot of new growth. I think it can still look a bit prettier, but it will take a while. It is my favourite because it is a surviver, not just to the conditions in the office; it also survived to a pigeon's attack, as it is proved by a scar on the stem. I'm not sure what type of jade is though:
From this plant, I took a cutting when I brought it home, just in case it didn't make it to the repotting and all the changes. The new plant is growing like crazy, below three pictures (the first from April, the second took in July and the third just now):
A couple of portulacaria afra variegata that I will separate in the autumn. These were much smaller a couple of months ago:
A couple of ovatas that I bought recently after I lost two plants to the pigeons. These seem to grow a bit slower:
Thats all so far... I'm a beginner in growing jades so if you have any suggestions on how to make them grow and look even better I'd be very grateful. I've been reading lots of older threads to learn but I don't yet feel confident about things like pruning, for instance.
Happy end of the summer to everyone!
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoOkay, I took pics of my favorites when I was checking on everyone When I got home.
One of my "oops" pots where I throw leaves/branches that I knock off. This one started a few years ago, and I noticed at the end of last growing season that this jade branch was no longer a branch and is now looking like a cute little tree. So straight...all my others are very not straight.
This one's a work in progress. Larger leaves Will come off/branches Will be shortened in the spring.
another angle
another pot of branches pruned off of other plants, which are coming along nicely.
my twisty pot
a group of compact babies getting a good start
I don't know what I'm doing with these! They fell off the gargantuan jade and we're growing all last summer on the ground unnoticed. Threw them in a pot when I found them. They Will eventually be pruned way back.
this was a part of the previous branches that I cut off because it was too long.
My sorry bit of finger jade. I bought a cute little plant and my crazy dog literally climbed the wall and chewed it to bits. This piece was banged up, but intact. I threw it in a pot to see what happened.little babies. Right is a Hummel's.
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7 years agoAnd before anyone says anything about my wet plants, it just rained! I forgot this little guy. He's been a bit neglected for the last couple years, but he will get pruned in the spring.
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7 years agoI was moving some jades around a bit and was amused at the looks of this guy! It is a compact jade, probably Crassula ovata 'Crosby's Compact'.
From the side, it looks like a jade that has filled in after a hard prune.
But when I turn the pot, you see a totally different look!
It's a flat growth, and really thick, too. This fall I'll have to thin things out before they break and thin themselves.
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7 years agoJake (Zone 9, London)
7 years agoHere's my little jade collection. My first full summer of having succulents and it's interesting to see them all getting into their summer colours with the amount of sun we've been getting of late in London! Still learning on the ID's so feel free to correct me on any if I'm wrong.
1. Little C. Ovata, growing as it wishes.
2. Variegated C. Nudicaule (what I've just seen some of you call Candy Cane?)
3. Variegated C. Oblica, not sure how much it's enjoying all the heat we've been having.
4. Hummels Sunset
5. No idea what this is apart from possibly what you guys call 'Waves'? Leaf shape is confusing me though.
6. The ugly duckling of the group, possibly a Gollum? My cat decided he didn't like it & then it got sunburnt & isn't too happy with all the heat.
7. New addition to the family, am I right in thinking this is a Hobbit? Picked it up on the weekend for £2.50 and fairly certain there's 3 plants in there! Interested to see what I find when I repot.
8. Finally the C. Ovata that I rescued from a bin. Was etiolated and had mealies, so put it in quarantine and treated it with rubbing alcohol which I don't think it enjoyed all that much. On the road to recovery now though.
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7 years agoForgot this guy at my office, although it lives inside, so no fun colors.
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7 years agoVery nice Mike!! This a variegated "akai"!jade from a bbb last year. It has grown a lot!!
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agosome small pots of akai jade and the other maybe red horn?
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7 years agoThe once dehydrated ' Green horn tree' better known as Red Horn Tree is finally finding it's way back into ' full sun '
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