Please, let's see some of yours:-0)

I hope you're enjoying your day off!
Your Jades are growing very nicely and show great variegation.
That variegated Finger Jade has bushed out! Wow O.O

I see you've been watering your Jades well. I know that Glen has been
watering quite a bit, too. This month, I also increased the watering
and my Jades are showing much better growth, despite the weeks of 100F
heat we've all been suffering.

Josh

Anyway, here are some of my jades....

Earlier this year I whacked my big boy and it is slowly growing back.

Here's a couple of mine:

One that's just starting to leaf out again:

And one of my Hummels that is not so impressive looking right now:

Bikerdoc, that's a great C. arborescens! Like those bushy gollum jades, too.

Jeff

The Summer has been quite hard on the Jades, especially the 'Hummel's Sunset' - lost a lot
of leaves when the early heat hit, and have had it recuperating in a shady location since.

First up, a few Jades grouped together:
special Jades from Mike (top three), with an herb planter of 'Crosby's Compact' rooted cuttings.




A full shot of one of the tables: various Jades, plus a Desert Rose and Euphorbia millii from Mike.

A Dragonfruit that I grew from seed. It has been suggested that this is Selenicereus testudo,
and I am always open to an identification.

Sad 'Hummel's Sunset' in real need of a pruning. What few leaves it has do look decent, though.

This was an older, woody cutting of Christmas Cactus that I rooted as an experiment to bonsai.
I prune it several times a year to keep the branches sturdy and upright to try and show off the trunk.
It is growing in a mix of primarily Orchid Bark (fine-grade fir bark), with a pinch of lava rock
and charcoal. Pot is packed with roots.

A blooming Chinese Perfume tree, also from Mike. Subtle scent, but very nice what you catch it :-)

Entirely new growth on this 'Bantel's Sensation' that Mike sent to me. Check it out, Mike!

Ponderosa Lemon with the one fruit that I left on the plant.

And a shot of my Moro Blood Orange. Recently pruned back to shape :-)

Josh

Christopher

Josh

Josh

Jeffrey, Stumpy's lookin' full and flushed!

Josh

just want to show you my new arrivals from Japan.

The first is a special variegated form of "Shin Kagetsu". Some parts of the leaves seem to be resistant against the light induced bleaching that is found in the normal "Shin Kagetsu" (see the pictures of mike). These parts then form distinct green stripes in the bleached leaf. Seems as the cells in this parts have reverted back to normal insensitive cells. Under shade conditions the whole leaf is just green.

The other new cultivar is a roundleaf jade with a center-variegation (only the middle part is white). The special feature of this sort is that it have additionaly curled leaves ... somewhat simular to C.arborescens undulatifolia alias "Waves".

greetings from Germany,
Ben

Both of them are beautiful.
(and good photos, too). Great colors, and I
like that pink/purlpe? edging on the leaves.
Rina

C Ovata

The Five dollar per plant trip:
Portulacaria Afra

The mishap cut center branch in root.

The other five dollar per plant free clay pot included close out

Crassula portulaceae "Gollum"

Variegated Dwarf P. Afra in need of more than just a trim:

A bit off color ?

One minor note - you have there a Crassula ovata 'Hobbit.'

The variegated P. afra is sweet.

Josh

Opps right you are Josh

RE: Your dragon fruit from seed has 1) To many sides to be a 2) more upright woddy in growing habit dragon fruit. I'm not confirming pic to be a Selenicereus testudo. Yours looks great but is a bit small to rule S. Testudo out.

S.Testudo would still short time flower in a milder fragrant white than the more common GW NBC. If pollinated flowering could produce a more juicy, smaller in size but still a tasty type of dragon fruit that is peeled before eating.

I've been all over the internet asking folks to ID my Dragon fruit, but so far everyone says
that it is too young to tell whether Hylocereus or Selenicereus.

Out of curiosity, why do you say my Dragon fruit has too many sides??? It has 3-sides to the branches.

I am excited to eventually learn what it might be :-)

Josh

Hey Josh! Thanks for much for your pics and the special ones too. Those certainly brightened up my day. I appreciate that.:-0))))))

Noki! Wow, look at you go..Very nice. Very colorful. I want one.

Nikki! Amazing. I remember when you had hardly any as colorful as yours. I love them all. One or two loom very familiar with me. They are looking very nice:-)

Doug, I was hoping you would post some of yours this time of the year. You to Ben! Your jades are wonderful and unique! As Josh said, great pictures.

Ben, I love the very new types you have. Looks like I have my work cut out for me. I just have to add those to my collection.:-) Superb. Mine has colored up dramatically in the past week. I'll post another pic.

Chris. I love the color of yours. The two you gave me are doing very well. I will post them too. Thanks again buddy! We shall chat soon.

Jeff: Love the fat trunk on that. i am still looking to acquire one I can keep that small and in perfect shape like yours.

American: Wow, and I thought I had a lot. you must like every one of them.

Jeffrey_b: Your colors are amazing man. You must know I LOVE that first picture. Looking very colorful I love that this particular jade stays that way all winter long too.

Bikerdoc: BIG and beautiful. I wish I had room for ones that big.

Did I miss anyone? Sheesh, did this thread grow. I can only imagine the colors now since this thread was started. Thank to all. Please keep them coming.

Mike

Sorry Josh my eyes dont see the middle growth as good as yours do
3 Wider sides on an upright growing Hylocereus in pic and three to six sharper sides are on Selenicereus.
I dont think you'll be to disappointed if your Selenicerueus gets to grow in a hanging basket

Wes, to be honest, I'll most likely give the Dragon fruit away. I don't have room for one,
let alone two that most folks say would be needed to produce fruit. Also, I'm no fan of the
spines/hairs on cacti.

Definitely not 6 sides on this plant, although it is still young. If it develops the rippled margins
typical of the Hylocereus, I may consider keeping it.

Josh

I really like that christmas cactus! I am propagating some right now.

americangolden,

Nice jades. Are those small ones cuttings?

I meant the little plants from your first post. Sorry missed the second one.

Yes the small ones are cuttings from the large Jade.

Close up of foliage...

You could say my weeper is happy ;-)

tj

~Erin~

Rob

My favorite Jade I own :-)

Josh

I am wondering if taking cutting from the 'yellow' part would work, perhaps trying to root a leave?
Any suggestions?

Rina

Now, it's that season where it too late for me to get anymore coloring, unless I stick them under lights.
My window of oppurtunity is gone, since I can only hope for a sunny September and beginning of October, and that was shot with these lousy cloudy drizzly days one after another.

Bsmith, was your ? directed at me or who?

Rob, very nice ! And thanks so much again for that plant! It is looking real good.:-) and a couple others here. Unforunetly I loss many e-mails on my computer and have been going through a lot, so I forgot and apologize for thet. I know there is a couple I promised a cutting too. Please remind me if you see this, in my e-mail.

Mike

Rob, a whole lot of fun, right?lol

Mike

It's finally starting to feel like Fall out here in the West, and I'll be bringing Jades in soon.
They have a bit of color, but not as impressive as in year's past. Still, I'm enjoying them.

This planter of 'Crosby's Compact' has gone from bright yellow to orange tinged with red.




A dwarf 'Gollum' that is bursting with new growth at the soil-line, as 'Gollum' are wont to do.

Two shots, front and back, of this grouping of 'Hummel's Sunset,' 'Crosby's Compact,' 'Gollum,'
and 'Hobbit.' Really good color on one of the 'Crosby's Compact' - see next pic, bottom left.

Last but not least, my 'Hummel's [Golden] Sunset' - in desperate need of a trim next Spring...
got to get 'er filled out with leaves again.

Josh

I do think the camera almost sucks the yellow hues out of the shots sometimes.

+ the smaller 'Tricolor' finally growing...should get some other variegates for some variety!

We get such a short window span of oppurtunity to get color on our jades in these parts. If there is more cloudy days than sunny by the end of summer, which it usually is in these parts, the revert back to green comes even before I see bright colors.
That is why I have jades that stay colorful all year long as I can see you too have one. It is very nice. I have yet to see my Hummels brightly color up at the expense of a hot sun by day and cold nights.

Josh! Wow, your jades have been busy these days try to put on a show for you. Very nice buddy! The colors are coming in real nice. I in particular LOVE the little yellow one at the top:-)

Mike

Left "Crosbys Compact", right "Himeougong Kagetsu"

both plants have grown under the same light conditions for the whole year. They started to differ in colours just 4 weeks ago ... its a pitty that i now had to bring them inside :(

Two weeks ago i bought a third type of small leaf jade on ebay sold as "Crosbys Compact Sunset" ... should be simular to Hummels Sunset but with small leaves. Next year, when grown under the same conditions, i will see if it the same as "Himeougon Kagetsu"

regards,
Ben

No point in getting excited though, I'll never see one in my collection and never on E-day!

Good to see you by the way! I hope all is well.

Mike

Last night, raccoons tore the hell out of my back deck and tipped over quite a few pots of Jade.
I came home from work and shouted an expletive as soon as I saw what had happened. Curse them!

Ben, fantastic and unique cultivars you always show us!
Danke!

Josh

sorry to hear about those damn raccoons. one good thing about succulents is that they are so tough. hopefully there was no serious damage.

Doug

Josh

I hope you can get that one to grow straight again and I am so glad it didn't destroy your collection. They are worst than cats. How do you rid of that problem?

Good luck man. Ttyl.

Mike

Josh

By the way, don't ever use 'bonemeal' if you have that stuff. I once had a Raccoon party where they didn't leave one bulb plant behind for me in my yard and knocked down all my succulents in the process.

Rina, that's a first. I shall have to try that if I ever have the same problem again.
What about SKUNKS? Is there a solution to that? I have one that likes to remind me he's around every night at about 10p.m!

Mike

Don't know about skunks; maybe worth trying with Pine sol? Who knows, maybe they don't like the smell too...Rina

Love this thread.. so i had to bump it up.

I really love all of these pics!!

Hope to add some of my Jades soon.

Take care all.

Benst.. Those are the most beautiful colors i have ever seen.. Gorgeous!!

Christopher.. Love your Rubra..

Josh, Mike and Everyone...Beautiful pictures!! I love all of them!

SO here i go.. BUMP!!

Take care,

Laura

Laura, you are right. There is so many coold looking jades here and all beauties!
Hey, BUMP to you too..lol
I hope you are well these days:-)))
I'll be back with more colorful pics soon, if I can get the sun to stay out for more than 1 day at a time. What a joke these days.

Another warm Autumn day in California...we're in the upper 80F's all this week.
Well, I've chased off a few more raccoons, but haven't caught any in my trap just yet.
There's no way that I'd feed those buggers! I feed my cats indoors only to keep other
animals away. I even empty water-dishes at night, which is what the raccoons come after.

I was able to re-pot the messed up Jades, and I wired the worst of them back in place.
I also discovered that several of my Jades are blooming, but that will be a different thread ;-)

Josh

Josh,

Nice colour on your Jades! Must be the nice climate out there in...northern California, is it?

Ben,

You grow some pretty different varieties from most of us here in the States...Wonderful plants you have there...

Laura,

Nice to see you on the other side, hope you visit more often. That 'Rubra' cutting was sent from a nice lady in California quite a while ago. How are your Plumies adapting to being indoors? Or are they still outside?

Christopher

My succulents as well as other plants are declining :( I didn't have time for them as all my time has been spent tending a very special "plant", our grand-daughter.

Here's my special "jade" to share with you, though. Have a nice weekend.

Thanks for looking

Xuan

Stush,
I would recommend these Jades to start your collection: 'Hobbit,' 'Gollum,'
and 'Skinny Fingers' (a variety of Finger Jade similar to 'Gollum'). You'll also want
a small-leaf Jade such as 'Crosby's Compact,' which has nice compact growth and great color.
All the while, look for a 'Hummel's Sunset' for that unique coloration, as well as any
other variegated Jades that catch your eye.

Thanks, Chris! You are correct! A great Autumn climate here in northern California.
Your 'Rubra' has colored up very nice, too.

Josh

Sorry, friends. I'm trying to post again.

Have a nice day.

Stush, come the spring, I will have a few to share with you. I am going to start rooting several once they come in under lights.

Josh, what's up?-)

Here are pics I took today of the same plants. Boy, I didn't think the sun could do anything for them this time of the year. It must because I have them in a sunny window sill and on the roof. It's get cold by night, then nice and warm by day with more than one sunny day lately.

Stush, come the spring, I will have a few to share with you. I am going to start rooting several once they come in under lights.

Josh, what's up?-)

Here are pics I took today of the same plants. Boy, I didn't think the sun could do anything for them this time of the year. It must because I have them in a sunny window sill and on the roof. It's get cold by night, then nice and warm by day with more than one sunny day lately.

Mike, hey buddy! Your Jades grew so many branches this year, they're great to see.

Josh

Excellent colours on your jades, buddy. Fantastic job, as usual...

Christopher

Thanks for your interest in my "gem"...We are so proud of her.

Waiting to see more photos of your lovely plants.

Xuan

Josh you little "forest" is looking good and sure colored up nice! I hope mother Jade is good and growing strong!

Sorry to hear about the racoons! I just put in a fall garden and something ate it already! LOL! and a rock squirrel ate Jace's pumpkin. lol.. They can be a pain at times.
I have heard that pet hair in small cheesecloth type bags works to keep bunnies away from gardens. Maybe get your kitties to shed around your plants. lol..

I only have one Jade right now and it's looking a little shriveled. lol.. so I will admire all of these for now. :-)

there are too many to go through one at a time and mention.. so I want to say.. EVERYONE'S plants are BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for starting this Mike and to everyone who joined in, thanks for sharing your plants. :-)

JoJo

Josh

Josh....Did we ever talk of your pink lemon? Now, that is a bummer! It will make a full recovery in no time though. Shoot.

Xuan, it is always great to see you pop in. Hello:-0)

Mike

I spent yesterday going through what is left of my C & S collection.. Not much and what is needs work. lol...
I have one Jade in sad shape and some I stole from my brother to try and save. lol.. Will try and post pics of them later, need to figure out photobucket. Not sure my password, it's been awhile.

Josh,
so sorry to hear about the lemon. :-( I wish I could blame mine on a critter. But truth is , I forgot to water it. :-( Spring is just around the corner, right? lol..Dreading winter. Ugh!

Mike I think I'm ready to take you up on that offer now if it's safe to ship and you have a few cuttings to spare. I think a few things in my craft room would be nice to get me through the winter.
I hate cold and being cooped up! Need stuff in the plant/craft room. Right now it's just crafts. lol..

I cant help but think of ET when I see a Skinny Finger plant . ;-) lol..

Well..
Need to see what the chicken is yelling about and get my day started. :-)
See you guys soon!
Hugs! and Mike.. one for mom. :-)

JoJo

Oh yeah! You are back in action. There is no turning back now:-)
You knew once you came back, you'd be addictd again.lol

Do you have a skiiny fingers left? By the way, once you get back into the swing again, it will become second nature for you. Oh, i have a plant that looks like E'T's finger.lol

Mom sends one right back at you!

Mike

Not only do I love your jade and the shape, but where in the world did you get that pot?
I could use one or two with some of mine. I love them, buty I would love them even better if they were in show piece pots!

Mike

...kinda depressing knowing an Indoor crassula will likely never achieve those Colors,,
Nah! just Kiddin lol
SPECTACULAR !!!
i really had no idea they were even capable of such Beauty,
some real Stunners there! its Totally inspiring,, ya's got me kinda hooked even,, think ive got about 12 now,,,
Thanks soo much for sharing the pics! :)
ss

Mike, I mentioned the Pink Lemon on the phone, but I haven't posted any pics of it yet....
it'll probably make you want to cry ;-) It really took a thrashing by the deer. But I know that
it will recover eventually.

Josh

Here is my e-mail...

mikerno_1@yahoo.com.

Josh, I must of had a drink right before you called and missed that all together.lol Oh no, I pity you. That was one plant you worked so hard for soooo long to shape!

Yes Josh, I too LOVE that flakey bark on that 'Hobbit'. You see, sometimes it's all about the bark features that makes a great jade, not just color, size, and shape.

Mike

i picked up the pot at palino gardens in Denver.
a local potter makes them. it is stoneware so it is really tough.

No. don't have a skinny finger plant anymore. :-/

JoJo

That baby is SO CUTE, haxuan!!

Hum, I can definitely dig up a skinny fingers some where!

Purple,,,Beautiful red tips on bright green leaves. I'll bet your plant is loving the cooler days you have. Nice.

Mike

Hum, I can definitely dig up a skinny fingers some where!

Purple,,,Beautiful red tips on bright green leaves. I'll bet your plant is loving the cooler days you have. Nice.

Mike

LOL you've found me out, yes, succulents are yet another addiction of mine.

The daylilies were a bust this year, the weather just wouldn't co-operate :(.

Annette

Jade's from left to right:
Crassula Ovata Crosby's Compact
Crassula Ovata Gollum
Crassula Ovata Hobbit
Crassula Ovata Hummel's Sunset
Crassula Ovata Red Horn Tree
Crassula Ovata var. obliqua f. variegata 'Tricolor'
Crassula Ovata Bluebird
Crassula Ovata

Josh

Hey Teatree, thanks! I agree but I also do a soft spot for my variegated 'hobbits' too.lol
Thank you:-)

Crassula Ovata Hummel's sunset

Crassula Ovata Minima

Crassula Ovata Hobbit

and a picture of the whole family together.

Natalia

~Erin~

Here's my hobbit! It's finally starting to make a come-back after that nasty frost last winter that killed a lot of it.

This is a group of gollum I got from a fellow GWer. They're getting some nice color as well!

Here's my tri-color. It's starting to get some pink. I'm having a rough time with this one. It seems to be a very slow grower and finicky. I'm still figuring this one out!

Here's my large jade mentioned a few of my other posts. It's just starting to get some color but it's growing like crazy after I pruned it.

Ntailia...Thank you for sharing with us.. They look very nice:-)

Mike

Ntailia...Thank you for sharing with us.. They look very nice:-)

Mike

a cpl of my 'survivors' needing some 'clays',
which i incidently found at the thrift today! :)

Crassula dubia, Crassula arborescens

Christopher

Josh

Christopher.

Christopher

Here is one of my Hummel's that is currently getting a lot of moring sun in the sunroom. Lots of red, not much yellow this time of year.

Noto, none of us can post multiple images without photobucket or other image-hosting service. That's how we do it.

Christopher, in that second shot, I like how metallic the underside of the leaves look.

Josh

I have used PB to post multiple pictures, but it seems like it takes forever and I had a lot of repotting to do. :-)

But at least now I know that using a photo site is the only way to do it.

Click on top of PB home page Library to view your library

Select Album on left side of your PB account page that has the photos you want to post

Select the photo you want to post click once on right mouse button on a single pic to be posted

Copy the code in the HTLM code in top box line on right side of page you have open and want to post by clicking on the letters HTML you'll see the yellow box turn yellow and flash the word copied

Move and click mouse to navigate back to the GW page you where wanting to post the pic on
Left side mouse button click once
Slide mouse down the small box that is floating around where the move arrow use to be to the word..... Paste and right click

You'll see a bunch of internet computer langauge words and letters plus characters ON THE GW PAGE your posting the pics on

I have no colorful jade pics stored at this time I selected some other little thing I have PB album stored that is of no relation to Jade

After seeing the line of HTML CODE
I have to hit HIT ENTER on my keyboard so I can type to you about my not related to Jade plant in the first pic

After which I go back to MY PHOTOBUCKET ACCOUNT
That is still open on a different tab of my same browser
Below the already open album is a series of pics in the album I selected that are stored
Click on the next pic you want to share
I also have to::: Repeat the HTML copy and paste info steps to post a second unrelated to a jade plant pic

Next weeks lesson I talk about how to get people to scroll an entire page of blank info to see my
Colorful jades lol

Hit enter again to continue posting as many pics as you want to or just add the info you want by typing

Honestly I don't know what's not to like about these plants. But to each his own, I guess.

As for my plant, it got all twisted in the crowded window space, and some of the bottom leaves got more exposure to the sun than usual.

Christopher

I have grown completely enamored with their "mobile upload" feature. It's awesome! All you have to do is find the mobile upload # for you account then take all the pix you want on your phone and simply txt them to the #, it's genius really. All the pix get uploaded to your mobile upload album and you can move them/post them till your hearts content from there.

Howard, nice work on the bulk upload. It seems Im finding myself more frequently having to tell folks, that may or may not belong to generational groupings of a time further gone by then my own, that their user error is causing the issue and not poor device/programming production. But unfortunately most if them aren't as cool headed or determined as you and give up learning! :)

Wes, nice work as well! Good PB tutorial my friend. I oy wish that classic PB would actually work on my phone (apple) or maybe that their app was functional. I think the issue I have with their app is just too many pics, it just can't access them quickly enough for it to be useable, for me at least.

I'm heading to the dog house now. My pic demo plant is so off topic from the topic Colorful Jades I don't know how long I'll be in.