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Posted by greenclaws UKzone8a (My Page) on Tue, Nov 15, 11 at 9:33
I picked up, yes picked UP, not picked OFF from underneath a plant while we were in Spain last week some broken pieces of a crassula that had some lovely colours. I should have taken a pic of the entire plant I guess but it didn't occur to me to do it at the time, sigh. Here are the cuttings which I hope I can get to root and grow on.
The plant was mainly bright yellow/lime green with red edges, a few leaves were almost white. I'm assuming it's just another Hummels? I thought they needed cooler temps to colour up, this was in a border with the full Spanish sun and backed by rocks which would have radiated even more heat back onto it.
The other cuttings were given to me by a friend who doesn't know what it is I googled it and come up with the name 'Pink Jelly Bean' Sedum/Sedum x rubrotinctum, so it's fingers crossed for those too!
Gill from the UK
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RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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Gill, I've seen succulents redden in full sun despite cold temps.
I don't know how the cold thing started, but after all the years on GW, about a year ago someone said sux needed cool/cold temps to color up. Yep, the second pic is Sedum, rubro, 'jelly beans.' Hope you get them to root..Toni |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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| It is a Sedum rubrotinctum cultivar, but because the color is so very pink, I think its name is probably 'Aurora', a highly sought after variety. Brad |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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Toni/Brad, thanks for the replies.
The crassula was so much lighter than any I've seen pics of anywhere...if any of you are off to the Costa del Sol, drop me a line and I'll tell you where I saw it. So you reckon it's just a Hummels?
The Pink Jelly Bean sedum is quite distinctive isn't it? So on Brads suggestion that it is likely to be the Aurora cultivar, I hope each and every jelly bean roots as I can then spread them far and wide.
Thanks for your interest, Gill from the UK. |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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Gill,
I am a picker upper,I mean if someone is going to step on them....
I remember a while back,someone on the forum was looking for a "pink"
Jelly bean sedum.......hope they root for you,hint,hint............
Sharon |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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| Now that is an appropriate name. An awfully pretty plant too. If Gill is in the UK, summer shipping might be better. Don't want those babies to freeze. |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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| Gill, Having just received, from a bonsai master's son after I asked him for a cutting of it, a cutting of his C. o. 'Crosby's Compact' (I think) while on a mini-vacation to The Big City, I'm in full agreement with you about holiday succulents and fun times. Not that it was the same source of 'Oh, my! discovery as your find, but you get my drift, I'm sure. Good for you about the plants. I look forward to seeing vacation update pics on how they've rooted like gangbusters. |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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Mr. Cactus, good luck with your cutting too. Far better to ask for a portion than to help oneself isn't it? I find people can be so generous having been on the receiving end of several seed packets...even when I've not asked for them. There are some good folk around....Sharon is in line for some jelly beans as she is one of these.
Yes, I was lucky with my recent crassula find, I think the pieces had been lurking around for a while under the plant as they were dirty, dry and calloused and a bit tatty looking. The mother plant was right at the front of the border and I think they could well have been detached by a rather clumsy dog trying to balance on 3 legs, lol!!!
I'll keep you posted on them all, and hope you will too.
Regards, Gill from the UK. |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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| Gill, I had a very similar encounter with a jade at my mother's place - one I brought her from a mass cutback from a very generous neighbor. It just looked like a regular ol' Crassula ovata to me, for quite the longest time. I think my mother had it about a year when it started to show some very lovely coloring, very similar to what you've got there. I, too, thought maybe it was a Hummel's Sunset - but to be sure, I posted pictures and asked for feedback. Here's the old thread: [ "Sunset Jade? Or am I on crack?" ] Turns out it wasn't a Hummel's, just an ovata that colors really well in cool/cold weather and bright, full sun. I'm willing to bet that's what you've got, too. As you'll see from the dates in the thread, it was about 2 months ago. I took more photos just the other day, as the plant is now positively covered in buds. I'll try to get those posted soon (right now we're in the midst of moving, so it may take some time). Keep an eye out for the new thread - I think you'll really like what the jade is doing right now. :) *CG* |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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Hi CG, thanks for the reply, I recall the post you did and laughed at it's title!!
The thing is.....the Jade was growing in full sun and even in November the temps in the Costa del Sol were still in the mid 20'sC. They do not get frosts (according to my friend who has lived there for 5 years anyway) and their coldest days can still be in the 20's and I wouldn't call that cool....as I mentioned before, I had always been led to believe it was the cold temps that bought about the colour changes in Jades. Maybe its the temp DROP from the 40'sc to 20's that does the trick, not the actual degree of coldness itself?
Maybe its me that's barking up the wrong tree here and not just the dog that could have knocked my pieces off..lol! Regards, Gill from the UK. |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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| I had some small clay pots that I put some Jade and Burro Tail cuttings in, and left them in an enclosed, unheated porch. One night I think it dipped below freezing, and all the Jades died, but I was surprised to see that it didn't seem to affect the Sedums at all. |
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| Hi there, it looks like the four small Crassula cuttings have taken root for me so tomorrow I'm going to pot them up individually. Unfortunately, they seem to have lost the colouration I saw on the mother plant back in early November. They are still this bright limey green in comparison to my other Jades, but now don't appear to have the distinction between the yellow & green with red edges I saw....will it return do you think?? Hope so. Meanwhile the main pink Jelly Bean cutting is still alive, but it remains static, not growing, not dying either, it just sits there! I'm assuming therefore it too has put down some roots. Most of the individual beans I planted have rooted, but some have shriveled up beyond redemption. Guess it's just not the right time of year for cuttings and seeds, but temptation often gets the beter of me.
Gill from the UK. 
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RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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| You need some patience pls. for the Sedums to root, it's likely to take a little while. |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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PG, hi there, I would have thought that after 3 months they would have done something...if only to have died!...lol. I'm not really familiar with growing Sedums apart from my large Sedum morganianum and that seems to root quite easily.
Gill from the UK. |
RE: Crassula/sedum cuttings
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- Posted by whip1 z5 ne Ohio (My Page) on
Fri, Feb 3, 12 at 17:59
Gill,
All of my Jades lose their color in the winter. I've seen your Sunset Jades, and have no doubt these will color up nicely for you too. Patience with the Sedums. |
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