That's Crassula Arborescens if I'm not mistaken. I've had one for a while now. Puts up with ALOT of neglect as mine has shown me.

Very nice Stonetree. I like the container with the floral intaglio too.

I can't seem to post photos here today. A message appears asking if I want to open or save 'createTempPhotobd948394 from forums.gardenweb.com'. What is this? I don't understand. Whether I say open or save, or cancel, nothing happens.

Neil, I keep coming back to the basic crassula ovata, a nice calming green with soft curves on the leaves, and can easily be maintained in the shape of trees, which adds an element of strength. Very calming. In the winter my wife likes me to keep a jade in the room where we often meditate.

ez

I will say that jade 'Paddy' is very special to me, because it started as a tiny apical variegated piece on a green jade, and I nursed it into a plant. I was trying to post a photo of how it looks today, but it won't work, as I posted above.

Paddy has a very shy temperament, keeping its newest leaves almost vertical, only letting them flatten as they age. The reverse of the variegated leaves are a blushing raspberry/purplish colour, and the variegation is consistent on the leaves, green in the centre paling to white at the edges.

Here is a link to some of my jades with 'Paddy' right at the top of the thread

:http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3050344/may-jades?n=42

Stonetreehouse, the combination of that lovely pot with the colour of Crassula arborescens is really lovely.

I just realised your plant is a Hobbit, Richard. Very unusual and dainty.

What about you, Neil? Have you a picture?

I am sorry Margaret and everyone I seem to be having technical difficulties too with the forum. it just asked me twice to verify my identity and enter a capcha code to access GW

Neil
You have got mail...all I can say W-O-W...Rina

Margaret- I just saw your pics. very very nice! my favorite of yours is the one we called "bluebeard." lol

Breathnez- I know what you mean. here is my crassula ovata. I know it's plain but, I rescued it from certain doom. i'm a little sort of..ok I am very proud of it! lol.

Nice rescue!

ez

Thanks EZ. doesn't it take your breath-nez away? <grin>

Ah, I'm with Richard. All of my babies are my favorite! LOL
In general, I really like Crosby's Compact. That's probably because I have done so well with them. They are really colorful in the winter, too!

But today's favorite Jade is this tricolor. It was looking horrible! The branches were bending and almost flat in the pot. The leaves were shriveling, too. I had thought all my plants were in gritty mix, but this one was still in 50/50 soil and perlite. And I am in my rainy season. I was surprised that the roots were still good. A careful repot in good gritty mix led to an astounding recovery. I let the plant sit out for a day, potted up and this picture is literally 3 days later!

So for rebounding so quickly, this is my favorite plant of the day!
The end.
LOL

Love stories with happy endings. thanks Crenda!

You will certainly get a lot of people's attention with a title like that here, Neil.

It is very hard to choose just one jade to call favorite because of how unique each type is. There is even always variation between the same plant.

If I had to choose a favorite I think I would choose... seriously just one?

Crassula ovata 'Denethor'. I have to go back to my original favorite even though right now I am digging my new 'Break Dancer' for similar reasons.

Here is my 'Denethor' today with some new growth coming in.

For comparison, the new growth is just smaller than a typical C. ovata leaf. These leaves get huge. I like it because it is very monstrose and you never know what you are going to get with new leaves. Ben had one pop out a 'Gollum' leaf once...

I am very interested in anything (you guessed it) monstrose, unique, or rare.

I couldn't help but add a couple extra pictures...

'Red Horn Tree' and 'Break Dancer' with the variegated C. ovata in the background.

Crassula arborescens 'Silver Dollar' forest. I like how chunky these plants get. It took me forever to find some. Nancy was very kind to send me my first one and I found these a short time after.

Just a few of my jades, to include a short and stocky C. ovata 'Gollum' with some very monstrose leaves :).

Richard, beautiful jades, as always. That 'Hobbit' is certainly different.

Great discussion! I'm looking forward to see what others post as well.

-Erica

Thank you, Neil, for the nice comment. I will try and get Bluebeard for you asap.

I am getting on the bandwagon :) My favorite is the NOID gift - received today, just potted up - from a super generous person...on a Monday the 13th-what a great day!...now I need ID please:

Rina

edited to correct the day...confused in Canada.

OMG I forgot what date it is. I'm staying indoors! i'm certain it's a hummel's sunset : )

Beautiful, Rina. I was going to say 'Hummel's Sunset' as well. I love the colors.

-Erica

Thank you everyone. I've never to my knowledge seen a "denethor" before Erica, so thanks.

Neil & Erica
Thank you for ID...you better be certain Neil. Stay away from black cats and ladders...Rina

ok Rina I will! I always take your advice : )

Well, now I wonder who has been drinking...I just noticed it is MONDAY! OMG, I can't believe I was sure it is Friday....So Neil, don't worry about the cats or ladders, and don't listen to excited old lady either.
Rina

Neil, I think you are cheating with a title like that. You know you will get plenty of responses here.

Hard to chose a favourite. I might say C. arborescens, which you just don't really see much any more, with C. ovata everywhere.

My Denethor is one of my favourites as well,

But the variegated ones are nice also, as are the Gollum and Hobbits and their variations...So I guess I would have to just say, I love ALL of them.

Christopher

Your plants are always so beautiful Christopher.

Rina LOL you also had me believing that!! I realized that it was Monday about an hour later!

Well... Historically my tricolor has been my favorite. It's going through a few growing pains right now though...

I did a significant prune on it a few months back and I'm regretting it a little. Here is the before pic...

I know it was too heavy but it was purty!

But. I thinky new favorite is a little baby plant I received in the mail just today from a generous friend! I just got it potted up and the sun has already set so the lighting is poor but it's a beauty!

Deva

Love the containers!

Thanks Neil. The one with the tricolor is a baking crock from TJ Maxx. I paid about $3 for it and just drilled a hole it the bottom. Some of my favorite "pots" are actually bowls, or other serving dishes with a hole drilled in the bottom.

All these jade posts and I'll have to buy another jade! So many variations.

I only have 2 Jades right now. I lost a whole bunch over the past 3.5 years when I was super focused on work and starting my fledgling home business. My favorite that I know of is Hummels Sunset but I don't have that one anymore so the one on top would have to be my favorite I own right now considering the state of my arborescens, however the first one is a new purchase of only a couple weeks ago while the arborescens has survived and stayed with me through all the good years before the work distractions and through the years of neglect during so I have a fonder attachment to it. The arborescens was much bigger but I chopped it right down. It was looking a little sad. Hoping it comes back real nice.

These are all the cuttings I got from it. Got about 10. Anyone want some? I've never had cuttings to share before but I'm willing to learn if anyone is looking for this plant and can't find it. I am looking at only keeping 2. My space for plants has been severely diminished due to the home business so I can't keep them all and it seems like a waste to toss them.

I'm absolutely loving everyone elses plants. Been a member on this forum for many a years but haven't posted in so long. This thread gave me the itch to come back.

Rina/Neil, you both had me seriously questioning what day it was. While I'm never happy it's Monday, I'm glad to know I'm not losing my mind and that it was in fact Monday.

Deva, why are you regretting it? I think it is growing in nicely. I have a regular C. ovata that is growing similarly. Those new leaves will grow out!

-Erica

I never had much interest in jades, but then I didn't realize there were so many varieties. Now I can't choose a favorite!

So many beauties above! Richard it's precious & unique. Erica I'm in awe, all look fantastic....great monstrosities. Stonetreehouse amazing jade there. Christoper I love those albino leaves. Deva it's starting to fill in, I like the strong white on left, it'll be better in the end not being leggy. I have to find my courage and do something similar.

Goodness, many favorites... but these following stand out.

My oldest tricolors delights me with dark purples and pink highlights

This is the variegated sport my brother found. It is still struggling... it recently took a drink but then it rained twice last week and then saw a brown spot on a leaf. Further investigation shows the stem has some brown spots. Now indoors for a closer eye on it.

Ovata variegata (sold as Akai), I remember how ecstatic I was to find them, smiled entire ride home. I look forward to it growing... at times there's a reddish-purple hue on the edges.

I LOVE VARIEGATION....but still enjoy viewing the Silver Dollars for HUGE round leaves and the Arborescens undulatifolia Bluebird(?) for rarity and uniqueness. Also, I get a kick out of my trumpet shaped leaves from a hobbit/gollum monstrose form.

I forgot to add, I like the ones that have red on the edges of the leaves, the most.

I love all, all those plants. Sowngrow, what is your No. 2? Christopher, love those hearts. Imagine a plant all hearts ! Your Denethor is really growing. All the Denethors posted here look different from one another.

Tavar, is that a Hobbit? It seems in parts to be a Gollum.

Nancy, your little sport looks fine, where are the spots? I have come to the conclusion that although sun and fresh air are very good for our jades, they will probably get marks out there. Some of you have had squirrels and insects attack, rainstorms, sunburn; my Bluebirds and variegated obliquas are a magnet for pigeons and a hen blackbird who seems to think the babies emerging from leaves are some sort of larvae.

Deva, I think I prefer the look of your post-pruning variegated jade.

Marguerite, I was told by my friend that it was a Hobbit and the leaves didn't look as tubular as the Gollums I see from other people. It's probably not a pure Hobbit but I'm just so used to calling it as such

Marguerite, it's Adromischus maculatus. :) I thought it was a jade, is it not?

Robin

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Crassulaceae/Adromischus_maculatus.html

Robin, that is not actually a jade. It is is in the Crassulaceae family, which is the same family as jades. Jade plants are under the Genus Crassula and there are two different species, ovata and arborescens. For example, a regular jade plant is Crassulaceae Crassula ovata, while yours is Crassulaceae Adromischus maculatas. Family Genus species.

-Erica

Okay, got it. thanks Erica!

Probably Crassula ovata "Hummel's Sunset" or C. ovata "Crosby's Compact" (a small-leaved form). I think, I have the latter:

Hi, this is my favorite jade. It's a Crosby's Compact isn't it?

This was when I bought it at the end of January. The second one was taken today.

Just repotted all of Howard's cuttings (Gollum and Hobbit) had sent me the last time. Almost all of them have rooted, so I thought it was time to pot them into their new home and allow them to slowly establish themselves.

Last one's here is for you Neil, thanks for the cutting again!! It's a really beautiful tri-color jade.

Is it a hummel sunset?

B- nice bonsai pots

Is this a type of jade? It's growing out of control!

Thanks Neil! Need to bonsai it up a little!

With all do respect Aerial Lindsay - I believe many members of the forum here have already responded to your thread with an answer, and that your plant is a type of jade, crassula ovata, with tips on how to grow it. It would be a basic etiquette to respond back to them and take your discussion back to your thread instead of hijacking every single 'Jade Post' you can find on the forum with the same question.

- Bernard

Bernard, those are some lovely bonsai pots. I especially love the small brown one. You've got yourself a nice little jade collection going. Nice work.

-Erica

Also, gui, that is a 'Crosby's Compact' you've got there. You have done a great job with it! Really nice colors.

-Erica

guimeixen - See! This is why I love Crosby's Compact! Great color!