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  :: Jade Plant - crassula argentea ::
But she was game for anything, and the jade plant was installed on a low footstool in the big southeast corner window of her kitchen.
By that time there were few plants left - a drachnea, a Christmas cactus I'd bought her, a lush pulmonaria with pink spots on its leaves, and the jade plant.
I came upon the jade plant, leaning on the white picket fence (or was the fence leaning on the jade plant?), its lowered branches firmly rooted to the ground now by the new plants.
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 Jade plant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jade plants can live for a long time and grow into small trees or shrubs up to five feet tall.
Jade plants require day-time temperatures between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit, and night-time temperatures between 50 and 55 degrees.
When you shift your jade plant to a larger pot, put some soil in the bottom of the pot and firm the soil around the old root ball.
www.ext.colostate.edu /ptlk/1320.html   (327 words)

  
 3758 - Caring for Your Jade Plant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The jade plant, Crassula argentea, is a very popular, tree-like succulent plant with stout, branching limbs and oblong, fleshy dark green leaves.
For summer, the plant should be moved to sites with northeastern or northwestern exposure, or, moved outdoors to a site where the foliage is protected from the hottest, most direct sunlight.
Jade plants can be propagated at any time of year from stem or leaf cuttings in moist perlite or sand.
www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/hortline/messages/3758.shtml   (464 words)

  
 Jade Plant Rot, Jade Plant Propagation
You did the right thing by cutting the plant back in an attempt to remove the diseased parts, but unfortunately, it sounds like you missed a bit, or perhaps there was an unseen area of rot.
The cutting may then be planted into sterile potting soil, or set temporarily into a rooting medium such as vermiculite or perlite.
Jade leaves can also be used to create a clone, but this method will take much longer before you have a specimen size plant.
www.thegardenhelper.com /jade.html   (618 words)

  
 Questions On Jade Plants
A: Jade plants sold in 90 percent of the U.S. are intended for use as a houseplant because of their intolerance to cold temperatures (40 degrees or lower).
Jade plants need plenty of light, modest to minimal water during the winter months, fertilization during active periods of growth, regular pruning to keep them from becoming top-heavy and monitoring for scale, mealybugs, and spidermites.
Also, if the plants were pinched at the terminal ends of their branches on a regular basis (the first inch of the branch pruned off), the resulting plant would be a compact, balanced beauty and not a lanky, weak-stemmed freak that gets tied up with clothesline and bedsheet pieces.
www.ext.nodak.edu /extnews/hortiscope/houseplnts/jade.htm   (15738 words)

  
 Sunset: Plant a jade forest, bonsai-style
For the "trees," he chose jade plant (Crassula argentea) because it is easy to find and inexpensive, it grows well indoors, and it doesn't mind having its roots crowded.
We used a 9- by 13- by 2 1/4-inch ceramic bonsai dish, which is in scale with the four small jade plants chosen for the project.
Jade plants have to be wired in place initially because they tend to be top-heavy and have very small, fibrous root systems for support.
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 Jade Plant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Among the many favored indoor plants, the Jade Plants occupy a special place because of their hardiness, ease of culture and tolerance of a wide range of conditions.
To feed your Jade Plants, use a soluble fertilizer at one half strength.
Jade plants, as they become older, can become quite large with the main stem reaching 4 - 5 inches in diameter.
www.ag.fvsu.edu /teletips/houseplants/621.htm   (248 words)

  
 Jade plant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Jade plant is a much-branched, thick-stemmed and fleshy-leaved glabrous perennial growing 1'-4' tall which has been cultivated as a house plant in the United States and Europe, often being planted outside in southern California, and sometimes escaping the bounds of these areas.
The pistils are reddish-tinged on the interior side, with a broad superior ovary tapering to a narrow style and a tiny capitate stigma.
Jade plant is a winter-blooming plant and its beautiful clusters of star-shaped flowers usually are in evidence around Christmas.
www.calflora.net /bloomingplants/jadeplant.html   (279 words)

  
 Poinsettia Leaves Falling Too Early | Jade Plant Leaves Shriveling
If the plant was exposed to cold air while in your car, while being carried indoors, or while being moved into the place where you bought it, there is a chance of leaf drop.
If a lot of leaves fall from the plant, you may want to put some artificial greenery in the pot to cover the bare poinsettia stems.
You may be able to save the plant by removing it from the pot, removing much of the old potting soil, and repotting in a very-well-drained potting soil in a pot with drainage.
www.cahe.nmsu.edu /ces/yard/2001/122201.html   (539 words)

  
 Plant Health Care Discussion Forum - my jade plant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I just recieved a jade plant as a gift and I have noticed that it looks a lot less 'full' than when I first recieved it.
It is a small plant and is in a small clay pot.
Terrestrial plants in general require brief periods of drought to avoid root rot.
www.planthealthcare.com /discussion/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=134   (157 words)

  
 Jade Plant Care Of
There is no other substitute available for compost or for the fertilizer.There are zones where the soil is richer in nutrients that help your plants grow, and other zones that don't have enough minerals and earth-proteins needed by plants to grow healthy.
Bonsai jade plant::indoor bonsai jade plant - A bonsai jade plant is a wonderful addition to any room.
Hallmark Flowers - Dwarf Jade Bonsai Plant - This Jade Bonsai tree, or Elephant Plant, is easy to care for and long-lasting - sure to give enjoyment for a long time to come.
www.extremelawncare.com /jade-plant-care-of.html   (1027 words)

  
 Crassula argentea - Jade Plant - Crassulaceae
Water Jade plants carefully, the most common cause of death in jades comes from overwatering.
A good compost for jade plants consists of 1 part peat moss to 1 part loam to 1 part sand with small gravel added to increase drainage.
Cal's Plant of the Week is provided as a service by the University of Oklahoma Department of Botany & Microbiology and specifically Cal Lemke, who is OU's botany greenhouse grower and an avid gardener at home as well.
www.plantoftheweek.org /week060.shtml   (287 words)

  
 Jade Plant
Jade plants can live for a very long time and grow into small trees or shrubs up to 5 feet tall indoors.
The thick trunklike stems and branches of jade plants are usually brown.
Jade plants do best where they get four or more hours a day of direct sunlight.
hgic.clemson.edu /factsheets/HGIC1507.htm   (754 words)

  
 Civic Garden Centre Forum - "Jade Plant"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There is a far better chance of killing a jade plant with too much water than with not enough.
I read in one book that Jades should be fertilized throughout the year with a fertilizer except in cool and dry in Winter and poor lighting.
Until the plant has established itself and started to send out strong new growth it should not be fertilized or over watered.
www.civicgardencentre.org /dcforum/DCForumID4/39.html   (814 words)

  
 Growing Guide for Jade Plants, Crassula argentea
Jades, and all other Crassulas are succulent plants, in that they have the ability to store water in its leaves, stems, and roots.
Jade plants are best grown in very bright sunlight with low humidity, however if the plant is accustomed to dimmer light, you must move it into the sun in stages.
Jade plants have an active and a dormant growing cycle.
www.thegardenhelper.com /crassulaargentea.htm   (327 words)

  
 House Jade Plant
House jade plant of this bonding with a helicopter.
Its rim house jade plant in to vw is president's request food.
Was quite a on puebla as and centered around percent house jade plant inventory reduction.
www.cheetahresearch.co.za /house/house_jade_plant.html   (795 words)

  
 Crassula ovata
Plants need bright light, but appreciate some afternoon shade.
Native to South Africa, jade plant is a popular branched succulent shrub that may grow to 6’ tall.
In St. Louis, it is a popular indoor plant that usually grows 18-30” tall.
www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=B586   (135 words)

  
 Civic Garden Centre Forum - "Jade Plant disease"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It develops when the plant is kept in a humid, cool place with poor air circulation.
Improve the ventilation around the plant, water the plant rom the bottom so the leaves do not get wet and cut back on watering.
Jade plants should be drenched when watered and then left to dry down almost completely before watering again.
www.civicgardencentre.org /dcforum/DCForumID4/44.html   (198 words)

  
 JadeSys - Jade Plant Care   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Potting up a Jade Plant isn't any different from potting up any other plant - although I have found that it becomes obvious that the plant needs a larger pot when growth seems to stop or slow right down.
Once the plant has been potted-up give it a good watering and allow the excess water to drain away so that the plant doesn't remain waterlogged.
Never leave a Jade Plant sitting in a saucer of water, any water that has drained through or has not been soaked up within a couple of hours should be thrown away.
www.jadesys3.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /jadecare.htm   (701 words)

  
 Growing Crassula ovata
The pictures for this article are mainly taken by me of my own plants, notable exceptions are the habitat pictures which are reproduced here with the kind permission of M. Lehmann and the plant grown in his garden by cactus_corner (but he does have the advantage of living in Southern California).
The plant to the left is a small Crassula ovata 'Hummel's Sunset' - as this picture was taken in February the leaves have not developed their yellow/red stripes that come from full sunlight.
Unfortunately the week after I moved the plant coincided with unusually hot and sunny weather, and the result was a number of scorched leaves on the plant, one of which is shown in the picture to the right.
www.bcss-liverpool.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Growing_Crassula_ovata.htm   (2558 words)

  
 jade plant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Jade Plants (Crassula or Portulacaria) are succulent plants that they have the ability to store water in...
Jade plants can live for a long time and grow into small trees or shrubs...
Jade plants (Crassula) are low maintenance, succulent house plants.
www.plant-resource.com /2/jade-plant.html   (428 words)

  
 Jade Plant? - bonsaiTALK Forum
I saw one last year at a plant sale that was primo.
This is what a jade can look like eventually.
Admittedly it is the 'miniature version' of the larger leaved jade but you get the idea...
www.bonsaitalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2262   (343 words)

  
 * Jade plant - (Plants): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Rather like jade plants, Pussy's-ears can grow into a small clump, or it can take on the appearance of a tiny tree, bulking up a central stem or two into veritable trunks...
As a member of the Crassulaceae family, kalanchoe's relatives include jade plant, hens-and-chicks and many other well known succulents...
They have dark green oval leaves as big as silver dollars, similar to jade plants in leaf shape and thickness.
www.bestknows.com /plants/jade_plant.html   (241 words)

  
 Jade Plant
Given lots of light the plant will produce a red stripe around the edges of the leaves giving it a unique appearance among other green foliage plants.
I started a plant two years ago from a leaf that was laying on the ground at the local garden center.
Although there are many different plants in the Crassula family there are very few cultivars for C. argentea.
www.mrgrow.com /plant/plant1197.htm   (238 words)

  
 Jade Plant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Select sturdy, shapely, healthy plant free from insect and disease damage.
Avoid those with yellow or brown leaf margins, wilted or water soaked leaves.
Plants range in size from small (cuttings) to several feet.
www.ext.vt.edu /departments/envirohort/factsheets/pottedplants/jadepl.html   (168 words)

  
 Jade Plant (Crassula ovata)
The jade plant can grow outside in Phoenix, but needs a warm micro-climate in winter, and protection from direct sun in summer.
They might be helpful to get plants not generally available at the local garden center, getting a new and unusual gardening tool or get a discount Better Homes and Gardens magazine subscription.
We try to check carefully the identification of the plants on the illustrations as well as the other information from the page, but occasionally errors do occur.
www.desert-tropicals.com /Plants/Crassulaceae/Crassula_argentea.html   (227 words)

  
 JadeSys - Jade Plant Propagation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Generally, there are two ways of propagating new plants - (a) by sowing seed and (b) by vegetative propagation.
The Jades are not famous for their ease of flowering and therefore seed is relatively rare - and difficult to germinate (though anyone who has successfully germinated Jade Plants please email the webmaster@jadesys2.demon.co.uk).
So, the general answer is to use vegetative propagation - that is, growing a new plant from a section of an existing plant.
www.jadesys3.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /jade-veg.htm   (538 words)

  
 Best Garden on the Web - Jade Plant (Crassula ovata)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Please note that the Zones listed above are USDA Hardiness Zones and are only given as a rough indication of whether a plant will grow and thrive in your area.
To assist plant survival during the winter, you may wish to place mulch over the areas in question or plant the flowers in an area away from walls or cement.
Additionally, digging up bulbs and roots to overwinter indoors may be preferrable to keeping them in the ground.
www.bestgarden.net /Photo_Album/Pages/Crassula_ovata.htm   (98 words)

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