Elsewhere it is best to grow your C. ovata in a pot that can be brought indoors for the winter. Soaring summer temperatures may put this plant into dormancy. In its native habitat, it experiences a maximum temperature of 104 °F (40 °C). General Care for Crassula. C. ovata is an easy-care succulent, making it a perfect plant for beginners Succulents in the genus Crassula are native to South Africa. They include shrub (branching) varieties commonly called jade plants, as well as "stacked crassulas" with leaves pancaked along thin stems. See examples of both in the gallery below. Common jade plant ( Crassula ovata) blooms in winter. This large specimen is about 20 years old. Features. The jade plant is a highly popular plant, as an outdoor plant in no-freeze climates and as an indoor plant almost everywhere. The glossy leaves, wide range of forms and colors, and the ease of maintenance delight owners. Even the houseplants will bloom if provided enough heat, light, and carefully fertilized. Very attractive, Crassula arborescens (Silver Jade Plant) is a small, heavily branched, evergreen shrub boasting fleshy, disc-shaped, silver-gray leaves adorned with reddish spots and often with reddish edges. The tip's coloration is more intense in full sun. Clusters of small starry white flowers, aging to pink, sometimes bloom in spring or summer, but they are quite rare in cultivation The ‘Minima’ cultivar is a small type of crassula ovata plant. The Crassula ovata cultivar ‘Minima’ is a mini jade plant that has small green and red-pointed leaves. Being a dwarf jade tree, this variety doesn’t grow taller than 2.5 ft. (75 cm) and has a spread of 20” (50 cm).
Crassula ovata is a succulent plant that is used to poor soil quality. That means that the soil contains little nutrients and little components that retain water for long periods of time. As such, lots of drainage is key. 50/50 perlite to potting mix would work well. Fancier mixes with sand, pumice, and other coarse materials would work well also.
Another Crassula plant benefits is that i t can treat a variety of illnesses and skin issues. It can cure burns to the skin as well as wounds, corns, swelling, itching, boils, cuts, and scrapes. The juice from the Jade Plant’s leaves must be extracted and applied topically to the skin in order to treat such skin issues.
