| Description | Tree Jade (Crassula arborescence) is an easy to grow, large leaf relative of the Jade. Needs full sun and should be grown on the dry side. |
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| Plant Type | Succulents, Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Sunlight | The more sun the better. In low light the branches will become weak and weep over. The more light the bluer the leaves and the more pronounced the red edge around the leaf. |
| Moisture | dry out between watering |
| Growing Media | average house, well drained |
| Flowers | Small starry flowers that are white turning to pink. Difficult to get to bloom in the indoor home situation. |
| Leaves | Large robust, thick leaves that should have a blue tint with a pink to red edge. The glaucous waxy bluish coating is easily rubbed off by touching. |
| Stems | thick, forms a cork like bark with age |
| Dimensions | Up to 8 plus feet in natural sites. Rather slow growing in pot culture. |
| Maintenance | This plant will readily respond to pruning. We have cut it back to nothing more than stubs on the main trunk and it will start to leaf out and rebranch. Best down in the spring. Overwatering can cause edema. This is corky growth on the leaves. |
| Propagation | cuttings, whole leaf cuttings |
| Native Site | South Africa, Cape Province, Namaqualand to Natal. |
| Misc Facts | Arborescence refers to trees. AKA: , Silver Dollar Plant, Chinese Jade, Money Plant, or Money Tree |
| Author's Notes | The bigger the pot the larger the plant will get. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf), #20-Exotica (Alfred Byrd Graf), #156-San Marcos Growers web site (www.smgrowers.com) |
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