Crassula undulatifolia ‘Ripple Jade’

Description

Crassula arborescens is commonly found in cultivation by the typical form of ssp arborescens, with thick rounded leaves that have earned it the common name of silver dollar jade. Subspecies ‘Ripple Jade’ (Crassula undulatifolia) has more elliptic/tongue-shaped, bluish-grey, thinner, less fleshy and twisted purple edged leaves, giving rise to the subspecies epithet. It also forms a large a branched pseudo-tree 0.6-2 m tall, similar to the jade plant, Crassula ovata. The subspecies undulatifolia has particularly glaucous leaves, very stout succulent branches and a natural bonsai-like aspect with compact rounded heads of whitish star flowers whose glossy petals are wider than most Crassula cultivars. The flowers are very showy and carried in dense branches, are star-like, white to pink with almost spherical heads and carried slightly above the foliage. When flowering from spring to summer, the plant is almost completely covered with flowers. After pollination, the flowers turn into paper brown which in itself is quite decorative.

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