Crassula Baby Necklace Variegata
Crassula baby s necklace is a sweet little succulent with puffy leaves.
Crassula baby necklace variegata. Baby necklace is one of the best crassula hybrids that was made by crossing crassula perforata with crassula rupestris var marnieriana. Baby s necklace is actually a hybrid that was created by myron kimnach. Both of these plants have a lot of similarities in features and growth patterns that they can be mistaken for one or the other. It can grow up to 6 12 tall.
It has many colors similar to a string of beads on a necklace. They are green with red edges stacked on thin stems indeed like beads on a baby s necklace. Its leaves are small puffy and stacked along the stems similar to the beads on a necklace. It s a cross of crassula perforata and crassula rupestris.
If you talk about its matured height. Green jade crassula ovata is a common houseplant worldwide. Belongs to the crassula genus of succulents the crassula baby necklace is one of the most striking yet adorable succulents. They include shrub branching varieties commonly called jade plants as well as stacked crassulas with leaves pancaked along thin stems.
Crassulas are commonly grown in the quartz stone fields. This plant stays fairly small up to 12 inches 30 cm tall forming clumps of upright stems up to 12 inches 30 cm wide and adorned with small white flowers in late spring to early summer. Succulents in the genus crassula are native to south africa. Crassula baby necklace is a special plant which has small rounded and tightly stacked leaves.
Nearly any nursery sells it and it s often added to assortments or used as a. Native to south africa crassula rupestris also known by several common names such as baby s necklace rosary plant kebab bush concertina plant stacking crassula rosary vine necklace vine and my favorite high voltage are striking succulent plants similar to their popular distant cousin crassula perforata string of buttons. This plant stays fairly small 6 12 tall and has excellent drought and cold tolerance though prefers some sun protection. The stems can reach up to 12 inches in height and typically grows in clumps.
Crassula rupestris var marnieriana sometimes listed as crassula marnieriana is also referred to as the jade necklace or chinese pagoda and is a pale green small plant with closely stacked rounded leaves that looks a bit like a miniature version of the baby necklace plant. Therefore it is also known as string of buttons with crassula rupestris ssp. The resulting plant commonly called baby s necklace is a very hardy and ornamental plant with small rounded leaves and usually greyish green with rose blushing edges and resembles a string of beads like one would find on a necklace. Marnieriana second photo by bootandall thanks.
Baby necklace is a very hardy and ornamental plant with small rounded fleshy leaves tightly stacked and usually multicolored resembling a string of beads like on a necklace. Variegata variegated string of buttons variegata and variegated necklace vine are the common names for a great looking cultivar of crassula perforata.