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'Hobbit' jade - some pics

A little crassula color for a lazy Friday!

Here's my 'Hobbit' jade, back on New Year's.

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And here it is today, June 27th.

This is definitely a slow-growing plant, but I like the tight growth.

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Josh

Comments (7)

  • 18 years ago

    Nice color Josh...Mine all look like your top picture , all green. For me(FL) none of my jades get color till Fall/Winter. Our night temps now range from mid 70's to upper 70's and very high humidity. I don't know if that has something to do with it or not, but my guess is it does? I notice that in the fall when our night temps cools down in the 50's is when I start to see the nice colors appear . It is also when my jades grow. I see very little growth if any in the summer. It's almost dormant. I have mine in at least 6-8 hours of sunlight all year, so I know that's not the issue.

  • 18 years ago

    Thanks, Puglvr!
    Good points! Our night-time temps are certainly lower on average, this time of year. Later on, we'll stay in the seventies overnight - now we're in the sixties. Also, our humidity is in the twenty to thirty percent range, down to about ten percent in the peak of the afternoon.

    My other jades are decidedly more green, with only red tips. Take a look at this one - it's in the same amount of sun, from about seven-thirty in the morning to five in the afternoon, with a bit of shade around one o' clock (I dragged it into the shade to take the picture):
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    My jades go dormant July and August it seems, and then wake up for a growth spurt in the fall.

    Josh

  • 18 years ago

    That's pretty much what my jade looks like, take a look at my sedum taken Feb and the green one taken last month. Big difference in the colors...They are still pretty, just a lot prettier when they color up.

    Feb 08
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    Taken last month(actually had bloomed)
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  • 18 years ago

    I would love to see the back of the leaves, would this be possible. Norma

  • 18 years ago

    Hi Norma, I hope you were asking about my Sedum(Jelly Beans) not Josh's plant. Is this the back of the plant's angle you were looking for? Just took it a few minutes ago...Sorry a little blurry, too close,lol
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  • 18 years ago

    Mmmmm, that sedum looks good enough to eat!
    I bet my mother would love one of those in a colorful, crowded pot!

    Josh

  • 18 years ago

    Josh, this is my first Sedum actually, I do love the little jelly beans shape of this plant. Especially when it colors up in winter. Found it at Lowe's, our nurseries rarely carry succulents here. Wish we had a better selection of succulent, but I'm lucky to find the 2" pot size every now and then at the big box stores...