Any help identifying my succulent would be appreciated!

7 years ago

I picked this succulent up at Walmart today and of course it was simply labeled 'succulent' with no other explanation. I have done some searching and haven't found any similar looking plants. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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ewwmayo
7 years ago
Crassula aborescens. Can grow to be a quite beautiful succulent. =)
Margarita Sugarbaker thanked ewwmayo
greenclaws UK, Zone 8a
7 years ago
The mix looks very dark & peaty...what is it please? Crassulas prefer fast draining gritty mixes and can rot in water retentive soils.

Also, the pot is on the large size for the small plant IMHO. Unless the rootball is filling almost all of the pot then there must be a large area of rootless mix....this can stay wet for too long as there are not many roots to take up excess water. I don't think a plant of that size would have large rootball? What size would it have been? Would be best in a smaller pot, then up-pot it as it grows on.

Please be careful of plants being planted too deeply inside any pot, this one is on the verge of being like that, it's not too bad really, but could be set a little higher. Sorry if I'm sounding a bit negative about your efforts, but just trying to help :-)

Are any of the dismembered parts in the second pic anything to do with this first plant?

Gill
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Margarita Sugarbaker
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7 years ago
Thank you for your help! The mix is a cactus & succulent specific mix that I am using with all my other succulents. Thank you for the information about the pot- the root ball was fairly large so I will see how it goes. The dismembered parts are other succulents, not this one.

Thank you again!

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