Gollum Jade or Spoon Jade succulent plants are big opportunities for dry gardens. These plants are easy to grow in hot and dry areas, also make great houseplants. Their care is similar to cactus () without the thorns. One of my favorite succulents is Crassula portulacea, commonly called Horseshoe or Spoon Jade. Recently, they have have called Gollum Fingers, Hobbit Plant or ET Fingers, because their dark green leaves like fingers with reddish tips. These plants can to take full sun to light shade. They are happy indoors or outdoors, in the ground or in containers.
Water as Crassula portulacea such as heat and Sun whether you grow in your home or garden. They are usually just as easily as her cousin, Crassula ovata. Both succulent plants can take up to 6 hours per day SO. If they yellow or brown spots develop on the leaves, it is either stress or sunburn. If they are in a pot, try it to an area with less SO, if it outdoors, where they are trying to Enjoy a beautiful, and they should perk up.
Grown in pots, spoons Jade stay small and are often used for bonsai. It grows slowly and may, in the shape of the trees are trimmed. In the ground they will eventually reach a height of 4 to 5 meters high. Older plants take on a different world gnarly looking.
I love succulents because they are easy to grow and carefree. They are great if you have no time to fuss over a plant. Crassula happy to oblige produce and flowers later in the winter. This increases their value as a landscape, plants are unusual in my book in the winter blooming plants. They produce Flower clusters that look like tiny bouquets of daisies. Bloom color varies from light to dark pink, some have a salmon / orange color. The work I started two years ago as a small cut blooms for the first time this year. Established plants should bloom reliably every year.
They are called succulents because they save on their water in their stems and leaves. This allows them to get by with a little water. All that stored water can tend to rot, Normally the plants will take in my garden lush capable of making a light frost for a few hours. This year we had freezing nights for a few days in a row and the top 1 / 3 of my plants was frozen and brown. The stems that survived are now sprouting new leaves. You need overhead protection in winter, If you are in a cold environment. They also have a better chance to survive frost if the plants were kept on the dry side.
Xeriscaping with drought tolerant Cacti and succulents has become popular here in the Southwest where we are sometimes with water rationing and shortages. These succulents add a dramatic touch and see like a kind of sea plant or coral to me. target = "_blank" title = "For photos of Crassula <a target="Labell" _blank> http://www.theGardenPages.com"> For photos of Crassula visit href = "http://www.theGardenPages.com"> http://www.theGardenPages.com to see photos and read more. Crassula are and a simple and reliable in addition to a water-wise garden.
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Laura Zinkan is a writer in California. She cultivates a gardening site at http://www.theGardenPages.com with plant profiles, growing tips about succulents and native plants.
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