Another well grown Jade from you as usual, Mike...

Christopher

Very cool! How old is it?

Sweet! Awesome specimen, Mike!
It looks like the C. arborescens hybrid....maybe 'Blue Bird' or something like that? Hey, by the way, I'll give ya a call soon...missed you yesterday. Happy New Years, buddy.

Josh

Looks great! I don't think I've ever seen purple flowers on a Jade! Congrats!

Rob

Beautiful plant, Mike!

I'd agree that it's some type of C. arborescens, but I am not sure about the Blue Bird cultivar ID. I have a few young C. arborescens undulatifolia plants, and the leaves are much thinner and much more wavy than the leaves on Mike's plant. The leaves on Mike's also look more pointed than either the wild-type arborescens or the wavy cultivars.

Hey, Mike! Label that plant C. arborescens 'Blue Bird' - I'm nearly positive that's what it is. And expect a call today ;-)

Rob, I have three Jades whose petals are pink-tinged with bright pink (almost purple) anthers. Here's one of them - this one from John in Oregon.

Josh

Fan-flowering-tastic!!!

Kataclysm, I didn't see your post there when I replied.
This plant obviously does not have the wavy leaves, but it is surely C. arborescens. A quick search showed that there are two subsequent species - arborescens and undulatifolia - and two forms in cultivation. The cultivar name 'Blue Bird' has been applied to both the straight leaf and wavy leaf plant, and has even been applied to the wavy leaf C. ovata cultivar.

Josh

Josh,

That's interesting info. I'd only ever seen "Blue Bird" applied to wavy-leafed plants. (But I've also seen the wavy leaf forms of both C. ovata and C. arborescens referred to as "Waves" and "Ripple Jade", so am not surprised at all the confusion!)

Kat

Indeed. We're still in dire need of a Jade database ;-)
One day...

Josh

It looks like the shape of a tricolor jade without the white.

Very beautiful blooms!!

Thinks greenman got it right with Crassula arborescens Spp. undulifolia CV. 'Blue Bird'. ;-)
There is also a Crassula arborescens Spp CV.' Blue Hale' One having shaper foliage tips then the other which is rounder.

Funny it was mentioned there is also a Crassula arborescens ssp. undulatifolia f. variegata.
There is also a Spp. CV 'wavy jades' that fall into the Aboresence but has wavy foliage than what is shown

Congrats to you and your first time flowering achievement for this one too. :-)

How about Crassula ovata hummels sunset

Very nice jade with some nice blooms! Neato!

Congrats!!! Its so cool to see flowers, especially on Jades :o)

Great job Mike and Josh!!