Crassula brevifoliaHarv .
Crassula brevifoliasubsp.brevifolia , Bulliarda brevifolia , Crassula flavovirens , Crassula montis - draconis , Crassula pearsonii
Family : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
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Crassula brevifoliais native toSouth Africa .
Crassula brevifoliais a small , unremarkably much - pronged succulent shrub with branches that bear chummy , sarcoid green leave fading to xanthous - green or purplish - red in full sun . It can grow up to 20 column inch ( 50 cm ) magniloquent . The ramification are gullible , become woody with flake brown bark with age , and can reach a diameter of up to 0.2 inches ( 0.5 centimeter ) . The leave are often covered with a thick bloom . They are analog - elliptic , arch upwards , just about triangular in cross - section , and can valuate up to 2 column inch ( 5 cm ) long and 0.7 inches ( 1.8 centimetre ) wide .
The flower are yellow - gullible , rarely white , tinged with pink , and appear in a rounded or irregularly ramate thyrse in descent .
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USDA hardiness zones9b to 11b : from 25 ° F ( -3.9 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( 10 ° C ) .
Crassulas are well-off to grow but susceptible tomealybugsand fungal diseases . As with all succulent , overwateringis fatal , so err on the side of too ironical rather than too wet . Never let your plant sit in piss . If you water from beneath by allowing the industrial plant to sit in a saucer , pelt off any excess water after a few minutes .
These succulents are in the main started by division , offsets , orleaf cuttings . Crassulas can be easily propagate from a single leaf . Place leaves into apotting mix for succulentsand handle the sess until they sprout .
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Repot as ask , sooner during the tender season . To repot yourCrassula , control the ground is dry before repotting , then gently take away the pot . Knock away the quondam soil from the roots , removing any rotted or dead roots . handle any cuts with a antimycotic agent . Place the plant in its new pot and backfill with potting grunge , circularize the roots as you repot . Leave the industrial plant ironical for a calendar week or so , then weewee light to deoxidise the risk of root bunkum .
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