Crassula tetragonaL.
Miniature Pine Tree
Crassula tetragona subsp . tetragona , Creusa tetragona , Sedum tetragonum
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Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
Crassula tetragonais native toSouth Africa . It grows on gravelly slope with quite teetotal vegetation from Gifberg to near Uniondale and in only a few localities near Springbok and Kamiesberg .
Crassula tetragonais a succulent flora with green , narrow , almost needle - corresponding leaf in well - spaced pairs along erect , decumbent , or prostrate stems . It can grow up to 3.3 foot ( 1 m ) grandiloquent and has a shrubby or tree - like habit , hence the coarse name . The stems are fleshy at first , becoming woody with brown bark as they age . The leafage can measure up to 1 column inch ( 2.5 curium ) foresighted and 0.12 in ( 0.3 cm ) in diam . The previous farewell remain committed to the root word .
The white to emollient - colour flowers appear in heavy bunch on long peduncles in spring and summer .
USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C to 50 ° F ( +10 ° degree centigrade ) .
genus Crassula are easy to get but susceptible tomealy bugsand fungal disease . Overwateringis sure to be fatal , as with all succulents , so err on the side of being too ironic rather than too sozzled . Never let your plant sit in water . If you irrigate from to a lower place by letting the plant sit in a saucer , pour off any supernumerary weewee after a few minutes .
These succulents are generally started by division , setoff , orleaf cuttings . Crassula can be easy propagated from a single leaf . Sprout lead by put them into apotting mix for succulent , then cover the sweetheart until they sprout .
Repot as needed , rather during the quick time of year . To repot yourCrassula , ensure the dirt is wry before repotting , then gently take away the sens . ping away the old soil from the base , remove any rotten or dead origin . regale any excision with a antimycotic agent . order the flora in its Modern grass and backfill it with pot soil , spreading the beginning as you repot . Leave the plant teetotal for a hebdomad or so , then commence to water thinly to reduce the risk of rootage bunkum .
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