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Varieties
Crassula is aboriginal to the South - Eastern part of South Africa and Mozambique , being specially abundant in the Eastern Cape .
It was first canvass and describe in 1768 by British phytologist and has been cultivated in Europe and the United States since the 1800s.1Crassula ovata . ( n.d . ) . Kew Royal Botanic Gardens . Retrieved March 14 , 2023 , fromhttps://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273350-1
‘Campfire’ Crassula
Crassula ovatais only one species of the approximately 200 in the deep and diverseCrassulagenus of succulents.2Crassula Archives . ( n.d . ) . Surreal succulent . Retrieved March 14 , 2023 , fromhttps://surrealsucculents.co.uk/product-category/crassula/‘Campfire ’ genus Crassula
This mintage has between 20 - 30 cultivars , some of which are quite well - known .
“ Crassula metal money and cultivars make fantastic , oculus - catching houseplants for a bright office , ” says Colin Skelly , a Horticultural Consultant .
Crassula arborescens
“ They are also dependable as outdoor potted flora in the summer months where the gamy light levels will bring on attractive cherry colouration of the leaves . ”
Most are differentiated by the people of color , grade , or human body of their leave .
“ My favourite succulent to grow is the Curly Jade Plant ( C. arborescens ) , as this plant shows all the attribute of a perfect succulent ” argues Ralph Behrmann from Clouds Hill Succulents .
“ Its leaves are beautiful light green with juicy tinge and recrudesce a red ending in strong sun . It is a flying grower for succulent ” .
Here are a few such well - known salmagundi along with a few less well - known but interesting ones :
1) ‘Gollum’
Also Known As:‘Monstruosa ’
A peculiarity that has leave that are elongated and regulate like narrow tubes , often with cherry - tint tips .
2) ‘ET’s Fingers’
Another rarity that has leaves that are elongated and resemble stubby tubes and have a concavity at the tip which is often tinge with bolshy .
The names ‘ Gollum ’ and ‘ E.T. ’s Fingers ’ are sometimes used interchangeably but these are subtly different cultivar .
3) Tricolour
So name for its variegate leaves on which shades of cream , chickenhearted , and light-green scarper together and intermix .
4) ‘Hummel’s Sunset’
This cultivar is distinguished by the fat yellow swath and shading on its leaves and yellow and red edging .
5) ‘Sunset Magic’
An eye - catching cultivar whose perfectly ovate and flat leaves are unlike shades of light green with a chummy red bordering that enters into the lamina and intermingles with green .
6) ‘Minova Magic’
This varietal wine has remarkably - shaped leave : alternatively of ovate they are spade - like or spatulate and are a disconsolate , deep shade of green .
7) ‘Crasmada’
Patented in 2015 , this variety is distinguished by orotund , dark green leaves that have an upward curl and an incurvate margin.3Crassula plant life identify ‘ Crasmada . ’(2014 , November 27 ) . Google Patents . Retrieved March 14 , 2023 , fromhttps://patents.google.com/patent/USPP28426
8) ‘Blue Surprise’
Well , it is not really blue but the leafage are a dramatic shadowiness of green , call it slate gray - commons with a bluish soupcon .
Moreover , they are curly and stacked , construct this a very distinguishable cultivar .
9) ‘Undulata’
Also know As : screaming meemies ; Ripple ; Wavy Jade
A extremely distinct potpourri , the leave of this cultivar are emerald green adjoin with red , they are thinner than normal and crisply crinkly with a somewhat crinkled appearance remind one of shekels .
10) Dwarf Jade Plant
Also Known As : Dwarf Green
like to the mother species except that , as the name implies , it is a dwarf variety ; it light upon a maximum height of only 90 cm .
11) ‘Crosby’s Dwarf’
Also Known As : Crosby ’s Compact
As the name evoke , it is both a dwarf and compact , reaching a height of only 90 centimetres .
With adequate sunlight , its red - edge leaves become more cherry-red , let in amply red , than almost all other diverseness .
12) ‘Minima’
Similar to the female parent species except that this dwarf variety show is the low and most succinct , get through a maximum elevation of only 75 curium and a breadth of only 50 cm .
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