Here's my jade family. I took a break after losing a mature plant in 2014. But I'm back with these friends. Currently under led lights but the sun is starting to shine again here in OH.

Red tips thx to new led lighting

Mostly lived under a T12 bulb this winter

Rescue mission - $5 at Home Depot. Was full of spider mites, now lots of misshapen leaves.

Here's the before pic:

o.k. here goes...

'Gollum Variegated'

'Hummel's Sunset Variegated'

'Akai'

'Gollum' but looks more like 'Skinny Fingers'

'Maruba Nishiki'

'Red Horn Tree'

And now cuttings...

'Didier'

'Mikaeri Bijin'

'Break Dancer'

'Hummel's Sunset Variegated'

Some are probably too variegated to do well, but I just couldn't throw them out.

just happened to snap a couple pics the other day. The tricolor was a rescue from last year that had been neglected. Nice to see some undamaged new leaves!

Amy, I love the trunk and branch shape of the one in the first photo. Did you grow it from a cutting or was it like that when you got it? I have some little ones that have kind of a sideways trunk, possibly from the roots repositioning it after repotting. I'd love it if one or two turned out like that.

Wow, there's some beautiful jades on here..... Here are my two.

Is this a standard Crassula ovata? I realize the new leaves can be a different color, but they've been this way for a while. I like it it any case. 3" pot. No ID bought in January.

Gollum cutting (rooted). I'm hoping this will have a funky trunk shape.

The rest of mine aren't very presentable right now. It's great to see all of the plants here.

Nicole, that's wonderful that you are growing jades again. I've lost a
handful too over the years, often we learn what not to do. A few years
back, I cut up a large jade in the Fall when it was cooler and not much
sun... well it just kept rotting and I had to toss it. I should have waited until it's peak growth time in the Spring.

SLD, fantastic collection, they are all so pretty that I can't pick a favorite. Your last pic of the very variegated cuttings, the one on the bottom left is gorgeous, I hope it grows for you and would love to hear an update on it in the future. Thanks for taking the time to get so many pics :)

Amy, your jades have beautiful character. The tricolor probably would grow even faster if it had the pot to itself, the all green ovata is the stronger than the variegated tricolor.
Isde, both look great. Very cute "ears" on the gollum.

Jeff, in my opinion, so far it looks like standard ovata. I've had new growth color like that on them too.

Thanks everyone for posting pics of your jades!!!!!!

-Nancy

Gimli...

Denethor....

I don’t have any new photos of my jades to share, but I did take a shot of one of my Hummel’s Sunset jades. This one had been indoors for a year and I wanted to move it outdoors, but didn’t feel like acclimating it. It also wasn’t too cute because it was a tad lanky from being inside.

So, I chopped off all but one leaf set on each branch, tossed it outside, and as expected, the old leaves scorched off or were damaged pretty quickly, but not before tiny little new leaves emerged.

I plucked off the damaged leaves eventually and voila — jade with no sunburn!

Gollum that has put on a surprising amount of growth in the less than a year I’ve had it

Crosby’s Compact branching out more after a good pruning

Lemon n’ Lime, finally starting to do something

A cutting of Mike’s Mother Jade, it’s had a rough winter. Every time it would put out roots, the bottom of the stem would rot. I think it’s finally starting to get established

Regular Crassula ovata with some beautiful colouring from the sun, the pictures don’t do it justice

Hobbit, relatively new to me but it’s just starting to put out new growth

Grace, are the branches and trunk of that thicker than most Jades, or is that an illusion? I really like it.

CasualSweater, I love the shape of the trunk on the Gollum. Mine is similar but I need to prune it. I might write a post on that.

Jeff, I can’t really take credit for the trunk shape, that’s just how it grew. I removed 3 leaves a few days ago but that’s all I’ve done

Jeff, I've been growing that one from a cutting for a few years, and have hard-pruned it several times. This is its second winter under lights, (vs over-wintering in the window) and that seems to have made a difference in its overall health & robustness. I'll have to take pics of my others that I've been working on.

Finally they can be moved outside and this year I remembered to acclimate them:)

tricolor

Akai

Gollum

Doing trunk fusion experiments on akai and hummels sunset

cuttings from Mike are all rooted, the red horn tree lost its color

I don’t feel like starting a new post so I’ll just ask here — why would this one branch off my variegated jade grow out looking like this? (The green branch is one branch from the plant in the last photo.)

I cut it off when pruning a few weeks ago, and it’s happily rooted and growing. In fact I’ve never seen a jade cutting root this fast and this aggressively. I just stuck it in a styrofoam cup until I repotted today.

I’d guess a loss of variegation, but it still has ambiguous markings and it received plenty of light.

These are most of mine- I'll grab pics of the ones in the office when I'm at work again. Some of these are basement pics-sorry about the lighting. I fairly significantly under watered the last couple months...you can tell on the ones in bonsai pots. They've dropped some leaves. I've also been battling mealies all winter. It's still too cold here for them to go outside, but they will get sprayed when they get out there!

HobbitCrosby'sa few big branches that broke off of my dad's giant jade...gave them a year to root and will start pruning this year to give them a little structure.baby Hummel'sanother branch rooted...not sure what I'll do with this one...funny looking. I might whack this one and start over.these are all connected from one broken branch...in hind sight, I should have separated in thebeginning, but it's on my list for this year.

I forgot my little guys!

I grow all my Jades outdoors. I've picked up a few variegated and/or fancier ones lately. I'm finding they don't like nearly as much light as my regular Jades I've had for decades. Do you find the fancier kinds like it better indoors or at least in mostly shade?

First off, thanks everyone for contributing to this thread, so many beautiful jades!

Aloebot, yeah some with high variegation like some shade, and I am nervous just to leave this outside straight through summer if it's hot and humid, or days of rain...and nibbling animals. I would consider this Legolas as having day trips out when conditions are right and place in a shaded area.

If the jade has high variegation, like below, I would shade it otherwise ugly black burn. I have shade cloth that I plan on setting up this week before moving the plants outdoors for the season.

If it were Muruba, sorry I don't have a pic handy, they need enough sun to bleach the variegated parts. Let me know if you were looking for info on a certain type.

Grace, I agree that it's part losing variegation but at the same time a mutation or a sport. Yours is very pretty! I love areas like that, my tricolor has similar happening.

This is from Return of Beauty where it was losing variegation, I eventually just want the lower trunk to grow where there is a streak of variegation.

-Nancy

Nancy; thank you. Mine are doing the black leaf thing and/or shriveling up and falling off. Unfortunately my yard is either full sun or full shade. The only partial shade areas are so far away from water. Time for a plan.

Aloebot, just in case it helps you or others, last year I bought shade cloth from http://www.catalogclearance.com/knitted-shade-cloth because others on the forum had recommended them and they had the reasonable prices and quickest shipment of the online shade cloth makers. I choose black knitted 30% as I could double it and make it 60% if needed to acclimate plants. Knitted is stronger than the woven, and if frayed it won't fall apart. I bought 2 actually, one all fancy with the sewn edges & grommets, and one unfinished smaller 10x12 and bought a dozen or so Clip-Its Plastic Grommets so I'd have to flexibility of how I'd use the cloths. They have a clearance section and also there are some sizes that they mark down too. I like the cloth because it helped cool the area and during wind storms it was a wonderful buffer.

Nancy, yours does look identical to mine! How interesting! The lower branch on yours is even cuter with the fatter/wider but shorter leaves.

Now I’m glad I cut it off. I think it will make a pretty adult plant one day. It’s plain but distinctly different from regular C. ovata due to the leaf shape and vague markings. :)

Thanks!

Home jades are in theprevious post...these are my office jades. this thread made me realize that I have a lot of jades!

Sunrise was so pretty on 'Return of Beauty'...

'Maruba Nishiki'

-Nancy

Is 'Return of Beauty' the same as 'Mikaeri Bijin'? It looks the same to me.

Yes, same, basically one of the Japanese to English translations. Frankly, I find it hard to remember name & spelling of the 'Mikaeri Bijin'! lol.

I've got some roaring crosby's compacts that I haven't pinched or trimmed in anyway, plus one baby leaf prop that is doing very well!

So many beautiful Jades! I will have some of mine soon. Nancy great thread. So nice to see so many different ones. Thank you

Great pictures! Hey, Mike, sure is nice to see the many cuttings you've shared!

Grace, I wish my obliqua mutation had as nice variegation. It's basically the 'Solana' mutation.

Josh

Lets see some more jade photos folks :)

Lemon & Lime

Monstrosa

Tricolor

Probably Lancaster

Akai

Mike's Mother jades below

:)

-Nancy

Here’s a picture from a few months back of the cuttings I got from Mike!

Rockdale, would you mind sharing some info on the trunk fusion? I’ve been thinking about trying something like this on some lanky Jades I have.

This one isn't technically mine, but my parents finally let me repot the overgrown, shade-grown jade that they've had forever. It was actually 8 different plants growing in the same pot. This is the biggest trunk. I potted it by itself last summer, but didn't prune it- roots were fairly wet/rotting and I wanted to let it recover. This season I'll prune off all the misshapen/downward growing branches.

Whip1, I am not an expert on jade nor on trunk fusing. :) so it is an experiment- or a result of getting bored in winter, or try to save space. Anyway, I did this in last November right when they were ready to be moved inside. Almost half year and I do not see the fusing occurred anywhere. I used elastic band (the purple color one on the hummels sunset trunk) but they break down overtime, so I used strings and cable ties. We will see how the experiment turns out.

edit to add : I actually have a question for anyone who might know. If the fusion happens , as the node of these trunks are not at the same level, the node distance led are also not the same, what would the final fused trunk looks like node wise?

There are at least five separate trees in this pot. I plan on whacking them and using zip ties to fuse the trunk. I have no idea if it will work. Sorry for the poor picture

aloebot, you could almost get rich selling cuttings from that as bonsai trees. Man. I hope my little one can be like just one of those branches. I love how small the leaves are. Thanks for posting that.

Aloe, that is stunning!

Current favorite

americangolden those colors are great !!!

Nancy,

Sorry this is so late, but when did the 'Gimli' cultivar come up?

Mesembs, I don't know exactly when, but I got my 'Gimli' cutting about a year ago. It's a cultivar named by horticulturist Glen Lord. It's a super dwarf sport from Gollum.

Cool, thanks. I'm not a huge C. ovata fan, but I'm loving the LotR theme (whoever started that)!

Americangolden, what is the secret that you can get such color on your jade. My Hummel sunset never had those colors after I bought, I even thought maybe I got the faked one - but they did have the color when I bought them. Then I settled with because my 6b zone but seeing you are in 5b. How did you do it? :)

Full sun. Normal water and fertilizer. You can get great colors. In my area the best colors are end of summer/fall. Keep plants outside as long as possible and get them back outside as early in spring as possible.

I do the same. Now I start thinking mine probably just not as good as your generically- I got mine from BBS :) mine basically lost the yellow and only a small portion of it leaves edge has the red

These are all plants that have been in full sun or are in ground somewhere in the garden. It is survival of the fittest here. Even the variegated ones seem to be pulling through (mostly).

Noid

Lemon Lime with Socal suntan

Noid has red branches

Noid ... Hobbit?

One of many clones originally started at my parents when I was a teen. You know that's old. This is probably 8' across and 6' high. It needs to be trimmed up and adopted.

For scale on trunk of a medium size Gollum I started off of one of the larger ones about 10 years ago.

Aloebot, wowzers, your old Gollum is incredible! Makes me want to move to an area where they thrive!

Just a little cutie grown from a leaf, will give it a pot to itself soon.

All the variegated jades are so beautiful, but I find it really hard to distinguish between them. They all throw leaves that seem to belong to other types.

Howdy gang! would any of you be up to trade cuttings? I am looking to expand my jade collection. I have cacti!