Jade Succulents for Pots and Gardens

Discover 17 intriguing shrub crassulas for your garden or pots. "Jade plants" (Crassula ovata and varieties) are among the most popular succulents grown worldwide. Those you'll see here are as easy to grow and propagate as the common "money plant"--- jade with oval, dark green leaves. Concerned jades are frost-tender? Well, it drops below 32 degrees F in my garden every winter, but my shrub jades manage out in the open (I explain why and how). You'll also see how I keep crassulas colorful, take and start cuttings, and combine them beautifully in pots!
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[@stevevicki5671]

Well done! Beginners: Go get a snip of a jade plant. Stick it in the ground or in a pot. Don't water it (because it doesn't have roots) for a month or two. That little snip could live for decades! You are now a succulent gardener!

[@QueenofSucculents]

Thanks for the essential info! I tend to take it for granted that people know that. Bears repeating. 🤗

[@pattivermeersch7348]

Thanks so much for this great info on Crassula. One of my favourites

[@QueenofSucculents]

You're welcome, Patti, thanks for the comment!

[@Lorenmcdee]

It's like you're reading my mind right now!!! I just inherited a 17 year old gollum jade plant. I got it for free, split it up, and then spent like $500 on pots, soil, and top dressing 😊

[@QueenofSucculents]

LOL, we've all been there!

[@jdt_skincareaddict]

Thank you so so much for the new upload dear Debra! It means a lot to us 🙏🏻❤️❤️ more blessings to you!

[@QueenofSucculents]

Thanks, John! It makes me happy to see a comment from you 💕

[@jdt_skincareaddict]

@@QueenofSucculents ahhw. My pleasure really 🥹❤️✨

[@QueenofSucculents]

@@jdt_skincareaddict 💖

[@marthaochoa6148]

Thank you Debra I have a couple pots. I did not know what to do with them. That is a great idea and plenty cuttings.

[@valerievelarde9979]

Excellent video Debra. I really enjoyed it! Please do more of this type- simple and doable for all.

[@QueenofSucculents]

Good suggestion, Valerie. Thank you!

[@loriolsonoliver8144]

Love my jades. Here in SantaRosa 9b I do have to give them inter protection from frost (coffee burlap bags) but so worth it. Thanx for the video, I enjoy your books, my go to reference for succulents!

[@QueenofSucculents]

Burlap is a great idea. Thanks for the lovely comment!

[@NellfromPR]

Thanks for the tip! On propagation pots, I use new coffee filters! It helps a lot.

[@QueenofSucculents]

Great idea. Thanks!

[@carolync4862]

Thanks for the update on the new varieties. Don't know if I will be able to find some of them here in Florida. Just starting a jade collection and this video really helps.

[@QueenofSucculents]

I'm so glad! May you enjoy your journey into crassulas.

[@roztampone3474]

You might try growing it indoors as as houseplant in Phoenix.

[@jdt_skincareaddict]

Omg ❤❤I love this topic dear Debra ! The reason is that amongst all succulents I've tried to successfully grow, crassula ovata, echeverias and lithops are the ones I struggled with especially that I'm in General Santos, Philippines, with a lowland savannah topography.

[@QueenofSucculents]

Hi John -- Everyone struggles with lithops, quite a few with echeverias, but I thought everyone could grow crassulas. Thanks for the reminder that climates vary considerably worldwide, as do growing conditions!

[@jdt_skincareaddict]

@@QueenofSucculents thank you so much for telling this to us. 🥰🙌🏻

[@QueenofSucculents]

Have a question on ANYTHING to do with succulents? Go to debraleebaldwin.com and browse the menu or use the Search bar. Btw, my site is not monetized---no annoying pop-up ads. It's my gift to my followers and the culmination of my career as a horticulturist/photojournalist specializing in succulents. You'll find 100+ pages of tips and ideas; thousands of photos and must-know facts for specific varieties; curated design ideas for gardens, landscapes and containers; interviews with experts; seasonal info; and much more. Use the site as a research tool that also is entertaining---the same goal as my KZbin channel. Q's welcome!

[@QueenofSucculents]

Which of these do you like best? Can you grow jades where you live? Learn more about their care and cultivation, plus a gallery of plants all ID'd, on my site's Crassula page: bit.ly/3IaCIDk.

[@erikm8372]

Hmmm. I have a silver dollar Jade about four feet tall since… 2000? No idea. Taking cuttings does trigger new growth but also makes it smaller! Due to its slowness. To speed up _C arborescens_ I might recommend applying a small to average sprinkling of Osmocote or Osmocote Plus. It’s ideal for potted succulents as it’s got a timed release and stays potent for half a year. Maybe even an entire year for low feeders like succulents. In-ground plants, trees, shrubs, etc. tend to benefit more from liquid feed in my experience; but I still think Osmocote and other granulated feed is just easier, less smelly, has less need for measuring and pouring, and lasts longer! Stuff like fish emulsion & seaweed is great, and I do use it, I just feel it’s easier to burn or damage plants with it (if you’re truly a novice-& sometimes not!). Osmocote won’t burn according to the manufacturer. If I had a plant in the ground that needs feeding, and you’re ok with Osmocote in the actual soil (it’s safe), just dig around the base of the plant, maybe a few inches out, and sprinkle the granules around.

[@QueenofSucculents]

I never thought to fertilize it! I use Osmocote in my potted plants. This jade is down in the garden and more or less neglected. Worth a try...thanks, Erik!

[@pacificgardener]

Love your Jades! The last clip, is that the Jades that you repotted? They grew so fast! 😳

[@QueenofSucculents]

Good catch, PG! I should have mentioned that this is how they look now, more than a year later.

[@Lorenmcdee]

Did you try defoliating your silver dollar jade? I did that right before spring and it pushed out a lot of growth

[@QueenofSucculents]

Never occurred to me to defoliate it. And you did it to stimulate new growth? But all the rain pretty much did that.

[@aldosacrealdo1454]

I'm sorry I can't grow crassulas in Phoenix. Oh well.

[@pacificgardener]

Yes you can! I'm growing mine here in Vegas! Just always remember to put them inside the house when it's 95 degrees above weather. Then the rest of the year, they can stay outdoors shaded from afternoon sun. 👍🏻

[@QueenofSucculents]

LOL. Rich, you can grow anything you want in that greenhouse of yours.