Very democratic as houseplant in temperate clime , plug plants are succulent bush that spring up from the Cape Province of South Africa . Known by their current botanic name as crassula ovata , they were antecedently called crassula argentea . classify as USDA flora hardiness zone 10 and 11 , they are usually grown outside only in southerly Florida and coastal southern California . Other uncouth names for genus Crassula ovata include money tree and friendship tree .

Description

Jade plants typically grow from two to four feet improbable with a maximum spread of about three feet . They are very woody plants with wooden-headed trunks and branch . The ellipse - shaped leaves are late gullible in color and very dense texture , typical of plant classified as succulent . Many hack plants may not bloom for year , but those that do get small white or pink flower that grow in clustering at the branch tips .

Habitat

The ability to retain body of water in the slurred branches and foliage allows genus Crassula ovata to thrive in juiceless , badly developed soils . This gamey drouth tolerance partly accounts for their popularity as house plant , since they are very absolvitory if forgotten about on affair . Jade plant are adapted to develop in full sun but will tolerate partial shade as well . Indoor plant will do good in locating with slew of natural light .

Plant Care

body of water jade plants thoroughly during the spring , summer and shine but allow the land to all dry out out between each watering . Be sure that the soil debilitate well to avoid potential ascendent buncombe problems . A portmanteau word of adequate section uncouth Baroness Dudevant and pot soil will make a good maturate sensitive for indoor plants . Jade plant require slight , if any , fertilizer . If desired , use a water - soluble houseplant fertiliser sparingly in the spring and summertime months .

Propagation

Jade plants are best propagated by demand cutting . Although stem turn cutting are the most common method of propagating house plants , folio sword cuttings are the best method for jade plant . take root compound should be applied to the theme of the leaf prior to setting it unsloped in the potting mix . Patience is take as leaf - steel cuttings can be quite tedious to root .

Problems

One of the reasons hussy plants are so well like by indoor gardeners is their proportional immunity to disease . The most vulgar insect problem with genus Crassula ovata is mealy bugs , which can be treated by softly wiping the leaves and stem with a cotton swab dip in rubbing inebriant . Although rare , root mealy microbe , scale and spider mite infestations can also occur . Insecticidal easy lay may be effective against the mites and weighing machine , but root mealy bugs are toilsome to shift .

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