OT my granmda's name was almost the same as yours. Her name was Marie Howland. Not that you probably care, but I thought it was kinda neat:).

Btw I think your jade looks variegated, but wait for the jade pros to chime in to really give you a positive id:).

Thank you. Some one on another site sugested that is is the variegated form of hobbit called 'red horn' I would love to see what the Jade pros have to say about this.

Indeed, you have the 'Red Horn Tree' there, an excellent plant.
It is the 'Hummel's Sunset' version of the green 'Horn Tree,' which is a large-leafed 'Hobbit.'

Josh

Very cool thank you so much Josh! I am so glad to be connected with you again!

Yes, I definitely agree that's a red horn tree you have there, the leaves grow much larger than regular jades as mentioned. It's colour will change throughout the season and according to the amount of sun that it gets, so don't be concerned if the red fades....it will return.

I used to have half a dozen of these. I always called it large leaf Hobbit. So is this the green horn tree?

Hello Howard :-) I've only seen Red Horns for sale here a couple of times and have never come across a Green Horn as far as I'm aware, so can't really say for sure what yours is, but it looks very different to my RHT's. With never seeing the green type I can only assume the two variants have leaves of a similar size. The leaves on my two RHT's are easily 4 inches long and around 1/2- 3/4 inches at their widest point and are very robust plants. From your pic, the leaves appear much smaller than mine?

Your tree is interesting as all the leaves appear to be of a very regular size and shape. I find with both my Hobbits and RHTs (which are sports from a regular Hobbit) the leaves are very variable in size and form, so much so that I chose to remove none regular leaves from the HObbits and Gollums to keep them 'true'. I've not found it necessary to remove any from the RHT's though, as they're much better behaved!

Hope someone can shed some more light on your plant....however, I'm going to stick my head above the parapet and suggest that it's a very nice looking.............'Hobbit'.

I could well be wrong and stand to be corrected by those more in the know.

Gill

Howard.....Have you any Hobbits as a pic of both together, or one of the above with something for size comparison would show a sense of scale?

Thanks, Gill. Unfortunately, this is the only Hobbit I have. All my others are Gollum which tend to have variable leaves as you have said.

i would love to acquire some variegated RHT's. Even some non-variegated.

bikerdoc, if you send me your address I'll send you a bare root RHT. I came up with about a dozen cuttings last summer, all are rooted and growing, lost a lot of the red over the winter. They have been in a mini green house with t5 lights, just moved them out with a east exposure.

Steven, that is very gracious of you. If you would please write me at my email address and we can move this off of the public thread. LASSERH@HOTMAIL.COM

You have another email Howard :-)

Steven, I hope you will see this as I can't PM you.

I recieved the red horn tree today and it is awesome! Nicer then the pics :) I did measure a couple of the lower older leaves and they are 2.5-3 inches! Very nice plant.

bikerdoc, email sent.

Any chance of a close up pic of the plant in question, just needs to be closer? Nice arrangement btw. Hope there's plenty of gritty mix in there!

Neil, that looks like a Red Horn Tree, which is more or less a large-leaved 'sunset' Hobbit.

Marguerite-- Will these propagate as easily as the ones from two years ago? My others (hummels) and curls did nicely).

All jades propagate easily, Neil, as long as the propagation material, leaf or cutting, is in good order. As you know, in some cases you need stem cuttings for them to come true. They all look lovely and healthy, so they should be good to propagate from.

Neil, would you be interested in a trade of your "Hobbit Sunset"? I have several different Jade and other succulents. Thanks.