Always a pleasure to see your Jades, Josh.

Christopher

Round two....

One of my nicer variegatas.

Indoor 'Red Horn Tree' with charred leaf-tips...but new growth emerging both above and below!

The other variegata...distinct from the more striated and yellowy variegate at the top of this post. Pruned and re-potted, new growth emerging from the cut section. One of my weaker plants, slow growing, with a small root-ball.

Indoor 'Legolas' that burned horribly! A good amount of growth now, though.
Another view of affected leaf-tips.
Maruba Nishiki....this one has done alright outdoors, but it's been in deep shade below the deck rail. A very strong grower with a strong root-ball. Branches readily and delights with brilliant color. This should be on everyone's wishlist.
'Hummel's Sunset' planting, with 'Gollum,' 'Hobbit,' and two 'Crosby's Compact' Jades. This planter has also been in deep shade and is just now developing some color.
Another view....

Absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing your pictures!

Thanks, Christopher! I'll try to get a few more pics of the Jades....I have lots of duplicates, and not every plant makes the cut :-)

Josh

Thanks, Josh. I was delighted to see your jades again. Is that variegation on your first Gollum, or just sun-bleaching?

I was just given a horrible overpotted Jade, eliotated and dripping wet in outdoor compost, I removed it from the pots, severely trimmed it and im currently letting them dry for a few days

Marguerite, that's just sunbleaching :-)

Josh

HI Josh

its a pleasure to see so many colorful well grown jades this time of the year.

keep them coming

Richard

Richard, you know I will! Probably another twenty Jades to photograph... ;-)

Josh

As always, gorgeous Jades!

Nice plants ! Summer was terribly hot here too.

I remember that my Red Horn Tree was always green in summer, it was colorful only in winter.

Great to see the update on all your jades Josh!

Nice pictures all! My picture-taking days keep getting pre-emptied by Autumn prep chores, sigh.

Rhamel, what's the name of that plant? Its so pretty!!!

Josh- Your plants look terrific! I was wondering, can i expect my jades to 'color up' now or is it too soon? Also what source could you recommend for maruba? - Thanks.

Hello, all!

Neil, yes, you can expect your Jades to color up. The still warm sun and the cooling nights ought to help. As for the Maruba, I'm not sure. I do peruse ebay fairly often, though, and cuttings do show up.

Josh

Thanks Josh!

A few more....

This one is inspired by Ben's bonsai Jades....growth focused up very high, and different from my usual low-branching aesthetic goals. This is a compact Jade, grown from a cutting from my sister's plant. Apologies for the subpar photo.

From the top.

'Denethor' - I'm very tempted to prune this one back to the trunk and then root the cuttings. It receives lots of light, but tends to focus foliage at the tips of branches.

Another variegata - incredibly vigorous, natural spreading canopy, unique variegations, one of the best plants in my collection.

Top view.
Regular C. ovata - one of the three original cuttings I took when starting out on this Jade adventure years ago.
'Hobbit' - again, sorry for the poor picture...blurry subject and distracting background. I lightly whacked this mother-daughter planting and am looking forward to working a much fuller canopy. My tallest plant currently.

What is the name for the jade that has the type of leaf like "gollum" or "ET fingers" < that's the kind of jade I have, nothing more than a couple of rooted cuttings really though they have put on a few new leaves. Tangent....

sorry.

but the fingers seemed fused together, like a pipe organ almost. I haven't seen it in a long time, I think it was called "baby fingers/toes"?

'Skinny Fingers' is the one I have....often I'll just refer to them generically as Finger Jades due to the monstrose nature of the leaves.

Josh

So I suppose I'm looking for a clone of something that's even more of a monstrosity?

(I pun, I pun. I know what you mean by Monstrose lol)

Yep, something with leaves that are partially fused....somewhere between a 'Gollum' and a 'Hobbit.'

Josh

Oh, is it okay if I post my jade here? I'm happy to see that it has some pink tips under my artificial lighting!

Please don't mind the cut tips, I was experimenting and trying to induce growth....either it worked or it was going to start growing anyway.

it's a terrible angle and the CFL is shining right on it...and I'm using my cell phone, I'm not here to impress anyone lol.

looking at it now and the new growth it's put on, I guess it was without light for a long time before I bought it. The stem is kind of thick but I buried it mostly under the top dressing. I've had it since....June? They came in a 2 inch plastic pot.

What you have there is 'Hobbit.'

Both cuttings look healthy. They were going to grow anyway. Cutting the leaf itself won't induce growth. Pinching the actual branch tip, however, will often induce branching.

I thought perhaps you were describing a leaf like this:

Another - C. ovata obliqua, green form.

Interesting trunk characteristics, hairy orange nodes....but ugly scars from pruning.

I don't think I've had it long enough yet for color like that!

I wonder if there's a way to make scarring minimal, or somehow carve it out and fill it with Elmer's glue(?) after its dried. Oh, this is what Adenium people do with their cut ends, I did it with mine and I was happy with the results.

I'm not saying do this to one of these beautiful specimens, but there have to be some practice plants you have so you can try new things without too much worry?

Lovely Jades! Thank you for posting the pics.

Thanks, Noto!

Lati, I think time is the key to healing Jade scars.

Josh

Because Jades are segmented, they will always lose the last cut segment, and maybe more, after trimming. This will leave a nicely sealed round/oval scar the size of the last segment. Over time, these will fade into the background and you won't notice them as much. Time heals all wounds :-)

So, cutting at the segment border (called a "node" apparently) is not something that's typically done? Kind of like when you pinch the growth tips, you just kind of twist the whole segment off the joint?

That's probably what I would do!

Not sure what you mean.

One typically cuts as close to the node (the ring where internodes/segments connect) as possible, so that the cut stub will dry and fall off. But not all Jades clean up as smoothly as others. The obliqua and the arborescens have more prominent scars that take more time to become slightly again.

Josh

Okay, so if I understand you correctly, then the scar I see is not where you cut but where the rest of the segment fell off? Or is the scar the left over cut segment?

Am I making sense? Am I properly conveying what I'm confused about?

oh, I found where all the color was hiding. My light comes from the side and almost kind of under the plant a little, I guess.

the only reason I even noticed it is because this thread inspired me to pinch some off. I know, what was I thinking. But look at the pretty.....

That's correct. With most Jades, the stub will fall off and leave a smooth, flush area.

With the obliqua, however, that isn't always the case, I've noticed. The cut stub will occasionally persist and / or leave an unsightly, long-healing callus. There is risk in cutting too close to the trunk, and so I've erred on the side of caution....which, of course, leaves the stub.

Josh

It's cold now, about 40F. So my Jades are indoor.

A lovely family of jades, all in and cosy for the winter, Oksana.

Those windows look very nice and thick, Oksana! Are they double paned? They probably do a fantastic job protecting your little guys from the cold!

Marguerite

thank you!

laticauda

yes, the window is thick, thrice paned. It protects from our cold -40F very well.

Hey Josh, thanks for the update, it's always a delight to see your collection of thriving jades :)

I hope my hobbit colors up like your mixed pot of hummels, gollum, hobbit and crosby's. I love that pairing with the blue pot too, it's spectacular. It's starting to get cool at night, about 50F. How cool do you let your jades get outdoors? I have just a few jades outdoors still.

Silver Dollar

glowing in the sun...

-Nancy
(( Oksana, great seeing your unique jade collection too! ))

Your jades are looking wonderful as always, Josh. I especially adore that mother-daughter pot.

Let me know if you decide to whack the 'Denethor'. I suppose it wouldn't be until next growing season, though. Being such a slow grower I was wondering if it would root easily and put out new growth readily.

-Erica