Beautiful!
Thank you so much for taking the time to snap a shot of this mother! I do remember her, indeed.
Look at those handsome, elephantine legs.....I'm a leg man when it comes to Jades.


Josh

Wow, she's a beauty! Thanks for sharing.

Josh, you're too funny!

-Bo

They make good traffic barriers. A car hitting a hedge of those stops dead.

Stan,

Awesome picture of the Mother of Jades in one of her many SouCal guises. I think of the Great Wall which I was an sttending supplicant to for many years when I see a picture of the plant above, another chapter in Greatness in Crassula, Volume Three - The Cinderblock Years.

Hoov,

Have you actually seen that? The physics of the thing are interesting to me. I remember the limbs, especially when they've been well-watered, as being particularly dense, not unlike a well-watered Opuntia's pads.

And the first picture (how did I focus on only the second?) - wow, stupendous. A vast shrubbery for all to enjoy.

Here are the meager offerings, taken yesterday:

Another cutting on the center-left. Portland John's Crassula ovata cultivar is at the far upper-right. Regrettably, I rotted some of it, but happily, I sent some to Breton:

Needs further chopping and a visit by the Exacto knife:

And the cutting that's responding most favourably during our unseasonably -11 C / 12 F later November. I think that's beaver cat damage to the tips of some of the leaves:

Nice assortment there, Jeffrey!

I see your Portland John ovata, and I raise you a blooming Portland John ovata ;)

Well, *almost* blooming....

Josh

Yes, there's a bend in our road, and a mass of them and Agave attenuata protect the wall behind. About once every other a year about 3 in the morning a teenager misses the curve and runs into them. The neighbor removes the broken pieces and the stuff grows back with more stems than ever. Those plants are like 55 gallon barrels of jello, they can absorb a lot of shock.

Stan,

Really stunning & quite something. Nothing a NYer is likely to see, thanks for the treat pix.

Josh,

Such a cute & charming little Crassula w/ its buds all about to open, (even tho' I know better), it makes me think 'I Want One'; just lovely!

Thanks, Karen!
Maybe you'll give one a go in the future...even though you know better ;)
What if you were to grow your Jade in pure Perlite or Pumice? Is it a humidity
issue, or a light issue? (I know you've explained it before, I just can't recall).

John, your Momma is looking fat with blooms!
I'd guess that the white specks are either mechanical abrasion (from wind/rain tossed bits
of sticks or leaves, et cetera), or else a mild tinge of cold damage....nothin' fatal.


Josh

Wow, Those are HUGE Trunks Stan...absolutely beautiful blooming Jades, thanks for posting!

Jeff, Josh and John( The 3 'J's) very NICE photos! Congrats on the blooms to come. Something I'll probably never see here.

Here's a few of mine...I'm just starting to get a little color on my Hummels...several more weeks of colder weather should do the trick.

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AMAZING!! That jade is so beautiful and huge!!!!

My big one's going to get chopped tomorrow, stay tuned for photos

Consider us "tuned" ;)
Can't wait to see it, Keith!

Josh

yes tuned and waiting,
remember...before and after.....
what beautiful jades you all have....
thanks for posting the pictures
I hope to have maybe one jade as nice as all of yours..
I'll be looking for the update.......linda

Nancy, they're looking wonderful.
Great color...especially on the 'Gollum' Jade!
I can't wait to see that 'Hummel's Sunset' fill out.

Keep 'em coming, folks!


Josh

Thanks Linda and Josh! DH actually just bought that Gollum for me online a few weeks ago, it came from CA so it did have a 'coloring' head start,lol...

My growth here is SO sloooow...it will be a while before those two Hummels fills out **sigh**. That third picture (HS) hasn't grown much in 10 months,lol...

Well I screwed up......left it out last night and we got down to 25. It's not lookin good! Oh well, another frost pruning.

Pug - I love that colore on your Gollum! Here's my newest addition. Ever since my Hummel's Sunset, I've fast become addicted to Jades!
John - Sorry to hear about your jade, though, I am positive it will recover nicely! Btw, nice to see another person from the Pacific Northwest. And, yes, it is cold today!!

-Bo

Oh John...I am SO sorry to hear that!! I will keep fingers crossed it recovers.

Thanks Bo, that's a nice Gollum you have there! I can totally relate to being addicted to Jades and (other plants as well) :o)

Heavily frost pruned 3years ago

transplanted today

Too tall for my tastes

so I chopped it

then tried it in a different pot (needs to be about 2-3 wider and a darker color)

Love your "frost prunings" caudex....gives me some ideas since my trunks look to be about the same size as yours! I'll have to wait and see how much dieback there is. Not gonna see any blooms open though...:-(

Fantastic work, Keith!
You have a great eye and wonderful pots!

John, I'm sure your Jade will be beautiful by next year!


Josh

John - that's an absolutely fantastic-looking jade.

here are some of mine...

My goodness!

Look at how shallow some of your pots are and yet they grow so nice for some of those big plants..Wow..

Thank you for the pictures..

Mike

Squishy!

Your Jades are copious and immaculate! Thanks for sharing!

These cuttings (two Crosby's and a Hummel's) were sent by a kind Forum member...along with the great container.
I've been rooting them for a month now, and I watered for the first time today - this pic was taken in the sink just prior.
No misting, no mussing, no fussing otherwise.

(I added the 'Gollum' cutting from one of my own plants).

Josh

I dunno,we might not grow the biggest-but we might have more per capitata than any other Cali city. I liked this ones open frame.

Full size

Stan,

Love the big jades - you could keep a whole box of cats in there.

As an aside, your Aloe population counter 'per capitata' is mirth-inducing. TFS both.

I really like the structure of that one, too, Stanofh!
It resembles a much larger tree....

Josh

THANKS! Jades get a nice Oak tree colored trunk even when it rains.

I just drooled some...

Stan,

I know what you mean - I became enamored of their trunks years ago.

I'm thinking 'Funk of The Trunk' is now playing.

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The trunk is what first drew me to the Jade tree....
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - there's something damned sexy about those fat, grey,
elephantine legs ;)

Josh

"there's something damned sexy about those fat, grey,
elephantine legs ;)",

LOL... You are SO Funny Josh!!

LOL Josh here too!!! Lol

I love those little ones in that pot and flowers too!!!:-)))

Hi Nancy!! I am so happy you have colored plants now...I guess the only thing good that came out of all that cold you had, was color..Beautiful! Now if your Mangos would do as well, right?

Fantastic pictures everyone else! There is so much beauty in these little and big creations....Look at all the different types and flowers!Thank you for all the pictures for our enjoyment..I guess no two jades are ever the same..We all have our own art in making these plants beautiful..That is what is fun about these..You can shape them to whatever you want while the cold and sun does the coloring...

Mike

Lots of great photos of jades,,,,large and small,,,,with those great legs.
Last posting was about 1 year ago....................worth seeing again.

Thanks for bringing this back up, Mark!

Here's a bloom update on these Jade cuttings that came from John in Oregon.

Loving the flower pics ^

Snapped a quick photo of my biggest Jade with my phone. I kept it outside all summer and am hoping for it to bloom for me.

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