The jade plant crassula ovata is a popular succulent houseplant with fleshy oval shaped leaves and thick woody stems that resemble tiny tree trunks the jade plant can grow to a size of 3 6 inches but does so slowly only growing about two inches a year.
Jade plant light green leaves.
If all the leaves on your jade plant are very pale green or yellow it might need to be fertilized with a special succulent fertilizer enriched with micronutrients or with bonemeal.
They usually leave webbing between the leaves and the stems.
As a succulent jade plants are very easy to start from single leaves or cuttings.
Jade plants crassula ovata or crassula arborescens are succulent plants with ovate leaves of one to two inches in length and width.
Jade plants need medium to bright light.
If you are growing your jade plant outside in a northern climate zones 5 to 7 during the summer months it may prefer a full sun area as the sun is less intense in northern exposures.
How to start a jade plant from a leaf or stem cutting.
Keep in mind that if you place it in direct strong sun the edges of the leaves will turn reddish leaving a red border around the leaves.
When the jade is getting sufficient amounts of light it should be a deep green with a reddish tint arund it.
Night allows them to sort of recharge and turn their absorbed sunlight into energy.
Each branch is covered in light green and red obovate tear shaped leaves giving the plant a warm cozy look.
Variegated leaves of this variety sets it apart from the other types of jade plants with a blend of aqua cream green and red the size can be controlled by growing in containers.
And here s my minileaf jade.
The leaves of jade plant will turn a light green if they are not getting enough sunlight or if there s a population of spidermites feeding on the plant.
Here s a healthy jade from another post in the forum.
If you wish to move your jade plant to a brighter spot or put it outside for the summer do it gradually so the plant has a chance to adjust.
Place them in front of a window that gets around 4 hours of direct or filtered sunlight.
An interesting identifying feature of this mini jade plant is that newly growing leaves are usually completely red.
Older jade plants may develop a thick scaly trunk giving them their classic tree like appearance.
Remove a leaf or take a stem cutting from a well established.
Check carefully for signs of these pests.
While jade plants will tolerate a lot of neglect a potted plant will eventually be unable to get any more nutrition from its soil and will start to suffer.
Crassula arborescens blue bird variegata.