Crassula ID's please!

[madpenguin]

I bought these 2 plants and they were helpfully named 'Crassula'.I think they are Crassula arborescens and perforata.Have I got that right or does anyone else have suggestions!!

[Liz M]

Look's about right to me. You can water the first Crassula arborescens quite a lot this time of year, some even put then outside. The Crassula perforata looks a bit dry, so it would appreciate some water. Give them both good light but it seems you have them in a light spot already so they should be fine.

[madpenguin]

Thank you for that,nice to know I can identify them OK.
I do need to repot them both as they are still in their original pots,job for tomorrow methinks!
Would cutting back the C.perforata be OK to do at the same time,at present it's just getting taller?

[Liz M]

The C perforate maybe getting taller because it needs more sunlight and is searching it out, so when you repot it move it into a sunny position. You can cut it if you wish, then the new growth should be more compact. It is a tall plant, although I would not expect it to get taller than it is now.

[Apicra]

With off-set propeller-like leaves, the first is not C. arborescens, but I do not know what it is. Plants like this in habitat are usually C. atropurpurea, but this is larger-leafed and probably a horticultural cultivar.

C. perforata will need pruning to keep a crop of attractive new shoots, but I would wait for the stems to become brown and leggy before doing this.

Best wishes,
Derek Tribble,
Harrow Branch

[madpenguin]

The C.perforata was about this tall when I had it,right now it is in a very sunny porch so getting plenty of light.It may not have had good light while it was growing elsewhere!
The C.arborescens could be a C.atropurpurea possibly var.watermeyer?

[Apicra]

No, C. atropurpurea is more upright with a thin woody stem.

Looking again at your photo, I realise the plant is perhaps smaller than I had assumed. Crassula rubricaulis is a possibility e.g. this in France: http://www.jardinexotiqueroscoff.com/si ... ulis-8.jpg

Best wishes,
DT

[eduart]

For the first plant I'd say C. rubricaulis as well, the red stems are characteristic.

[madpenguin]

I think C. rubricaulis is the right one.It does have red stems,especially the new growth.
Off now to make a new label
Thanks everyone.

[Greenlarry]

You might get flowers on the perforata too. Mine produced sprays of white flowers one year.