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My 10-year-old jade plant (Crassula ovata) is blooming for the first time (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 OP
Wow that's gorgeous Beatlelvr Nov 2023 #1
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #49
I had no idea they bloomed like that! How lovely! yardwork Nov 2023 #2
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #50
Beautiful! happybird Nov 2023 #3
You're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #25
What gorgeous flowers and plants, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2023 #4
Thanksnd you're welcome, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #26
Doesn't this just make you happy? Thanks for sharing. MMBeilis Nov 2023 #5
You're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #27
Oh wow! How lovely. Callalily Nov 2023 #6
Thanks, Callalily! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #28
Beautiful! ShazzieB Nov 2023 #7
Thanks, ShazzieB! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #29
Nice. sinkingfeeling Nov 2023 #8
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #30
Beautiful... Sadly mine (about the same size/age) was absolutely destroyed by the movers hlthe2b Nov 2023 #9
That's awful. catbyte Nov 2023 #16
I get attached too.... Evolve Dammit Nov 2023 #23
My 30-some-year-old jade died two years ago after two moves in five years. Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #33
Nice! greblach Nov 2023 #10
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #34
If anyone could get a jade plant to bloom.. Deuxcents Nov 2023 #11
That's very sweet of you, Deuxcents. Thanks for your kind words. You are most welcome. Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #35
Our jade plant is about to bloom, too. mommymarine2003 Nov 2023 #12
Congratulations on your jade's blooming! I was overjoyed when mine finally budded. Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #36
Yay! Gorgeous! paleotn Nov 2023 #13
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #37
What a beautiful flower! crosinski Nov 2023 #14
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #38
That is a gorgeous, well-cared-for plant! Beartracks Nov 2023 #15
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #39
Just lovely. Thank you for sharing. niyad Nov 2023 #17
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #40
Worth waiting for. trof Nov 2023 #18
Indeed! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #41
That is magnificent! Greybnk48 Nov 2023 #19
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #42
They bloom? TomSlick Nov 2023 #20
Who knew? Not me! Luck Counts Nov 2023 #21
If you get a chance to visit the markodochartaigh Nov 2023 #22
Thanks for the recommendation! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #44
Wow Mousetoes!! You have a way with jade! AmBlue Nov 2023 #74
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #76
Cool! 2naSalit Nov 2023 #24
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #48
Wow! Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #31
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #45
hope it survives. i brought a gifted succulent from fl to wi. it made a blossom a few weeks later + then died. pansypoo53219 Nov 2023 #32
The plant's healthy and I'm aging in place. Sorry about your jade's demise. Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #46
not jade. a thin branchy thing i named bob. other succelents did worse. we are too cold. pansypoo53219 Nov 2023 #73
Absolutely beautiful plant and great shots. MLAA Nov 2023 #43
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #47
Wow! DUgosh Nov 2023 #51
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #52
It's a *sign*. nt sprinkleeninow Nov 2023 #53
How pretty! Thank you for sharing! liberalla Nov 2023 #54
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #59
Both gorgeous and a testament justaprogressive Nov 2023 #55
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #60
Yes! justaprogressive Nov 2023 #70
Fabulous. Good smell or bad? twodogsbarking Nov 2023 #56
Thanks! Odorless to my nose. Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #61
Absolutely BlueSky3 Nov 2023 #57
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #62
You have a remarkable green thumb, Mousetoescamper! Your plants radiate the very essence of jade. thatcrowwoman Nov 2023 #58
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #63
Beautiful! BumRushDaShow Nov 2023 #64
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #65
So beautiful! Goddessartist Nov 2023 #66
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #68
so cool! LymphocyteLover Nov 2023 #67
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #71
Wow, fantastic! You must feel very proud of your 10 year old plant. She's beautiful. Fla Dem Nov 2023 #69
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #72
Never seen that before. Old Crank Nov 2023 #75
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #79
Fabulous! MOMFUDSKI Nov 2023 #77
Thanks! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #80
Wonderful! Bayard Nov 2023 #78
Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper Nov 2023 #81

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,301 posts)
4. What gorgeous flowers and plants, my dear Mousetoescamper!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 05:23 PM
Nov 2023

You obviously take much better care of yours than I do mine! The weather here is mild enough year-round that they live outside.

The first flowers that you showed here are very different than mine. All of them are beautiful!

Thanks for sharing!

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
26. Thanksnd you're welcome, Peggy!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 09:26 PM
Nov 2023

I brought the plant in for the winter last month. It's not yet in full bloom..

ShazzieB

(18,847 posts)
7. Beautiful!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 06:00 PM
Nov 2023

I have never seen a jade plant in bloom, ever. Very impressive, and the closeups of the flowers are lovely.

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
29. Thanks, ShazzieB!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 09:48 PM
Nov 2023

My 30-some-year-old jade was huge and flowered every November. It stopped blooming five years ago after I moved into a north-facing apartment with no space to take the plants outdoors for the summer. I now live in a little house with southern exposure and a deck. Unfortunately, the big jade died two years ago.

hlthe2b

(106,571 posts)
9. Beautiful... Sadly mine (about the same size/age) was absolutely destroyed by the movers
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 06:07 PM
Nov 2023

even though I tried hard to impress on them how best to wrap and protect it in the truck. But 60 miles later, it was a lost cause. Still saddens me to this day but I didn't have an appropriate-sized vehicle of my own to move it.

catbyte

(35,894 posts)
16. That's awful.
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 07:27 PM
Nov 2023

Jade plants are notoriously difficult to move because the leaves are so brittle at the stem and snap off so easily. When I was in college, I worked at a florist shop in the plant sales/maintenance department and I always dreaded it when clients wanted us to bring them a jade plant because they were such a hassle to transport. They're gorgeous, though. I had a small one, but one of my cats apparently liked the feeling when he bit down on the leaves because I'd wake up in the morning to see more leaves punctured with little teeth marks. I finally gave it to a pet-free friend and it recovered nicely. Again, I'm sorry about your plant. After I've had a plant for a long time I get attached. Sounds weird but it's true. I've had a faithfully-blooming Phalaenopsis equestris orchid for 8 years and I'd be so sad if anything happened to it.

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
33. My 30-some-year-old jade died two years ago after two moves in five years.
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 10:20 PM
Nov 2023

Losing the jade wasn't devastating, unlike the death of a beloved pet, but I grieved. It was huge and flowered every November until I moved to a north-facing apartment without a space to take the plants outdoors for the summer. I now live in a little house with southern exposure and a deck.

greblach

(274 posts)
10. Nice!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 06:10 PM
Nov 2023

I love Jade plants, had one in college that was massive...pretty hard to move when the time came, but I did it...great pix...

Deuxcents

(19,950 posts)
11. If anyone could get a jade plant to bloom..
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 06:29 PM
Nov 2023

My money would be on you! All your beautiful pictures of flowers, plants both in the wild or at conservatories. Your love for nature shines with this blooming beauty. Thanks for sharing.

mommymarine2003

(296 posts)
12. Our jade plant is about to bloom, too.
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 06:39 PM
Nov 2023

We have lots of indoor and outdoor plants, and we put a lot of our indoor plants outside in the summer since we have milder temperatures here in the Pacific Northwest. We brought in our large jade plant about a week ago and put it in our bedroom. This morning I noticed it was full of buds getting ready to bloom. I don't remember it ever blooming before. Now I know what the flowers will look like.

paleotn

(19,374 posts)
13. Yay! Gorgeous!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 06:52 PM
Nov 2023

They don't bloom often indoors and usually only if they're many years old. A native of South Africa, if they do bloom, it's during our winter. Enjoy!

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
37. Thanks!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 10:38 PM
Nov 2023

My 30-some-year-old jade was huge and bloomed every November. It stopped blooming five years ago after I moved into a north-facing apartment with no space to take the plants outdoors for the summer. I now live in a little house with southern exposure and a deck. Sadly, the big jade died two years ago.

markodochartaigh

(2,215 posts)
22. If you get a chance to visit the
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 08:04 PM
Nov 2023

San Diego Zoo, make sure to notice the 6 foot tall jade plants used as landscaping all around the zoo.

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
44. Thanks for the recommendation!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 11:08 PM
Nov 2023

My 30-some-year-old jade (below) was about five feet tall when it died two years ago. It bloomed every November until five years ago, after I moved into a north-facing apartment with no space to take the plants outdoors for the summer.

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November 14, 2014


AmBlue

(3,444 posts)
74. Wow Mousetoes!! You have a way with jade!
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 10:30 AM
Nov 2023

My condolences on the loss of this beauty. But your photos of the one that's flowering now are equally stunning!

Can you share what you think are optimum conditions for growing them to these gargantuan sizes and getting them to bloom? Like what part of the country you are in, full sun/partial sun, how often you water and fertilize, soil type they like. etc. I am fascinated!!

The only jade I ever had was one 6 inches tall and sat on my office desk. It didn't do nearly so well as yours.

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
76. Thanks!
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 11:51 AM
Nov 2023

I'm in Pennsylvania. All of my houseplants are usually outdoors from a few weeks after Mother's Day, well after the last frost, until nightly tempertures start dipping into the lower 50s, usually around the first of October. They're in full sun in the summer after they've been acclimated by keeping them in a shady spot for a few weeks. In winter they've done best when directly in front of a south-facing window. I lived in a north-facing apartment for two years with no place to take the jades outdoors in summer. The plants became "leggy", even when I used grow lights.

My jades are repotted in a larger pot when they become rootbound; when the rootball can easily be lifted from the pot. I also prune them in the spring before they're taken outdoors. I repotted my 10-year-old jade for the third time last year. I use cactus potting mix soil and fertilize with Plant-tone when the plants are taken outdoors in the spring.

I water when the leaves become a little thin and wrinkled to the touch. They'll recover from having too little water but overwatering can kill them. Overwatering can also occur when they're outdoors and there are several days of heavy rain. I usually cover the top of the larger jade's pots with plastic, wrapping it around the trunk and over the edges of the pot, when prolonged rain's in the forecast. The smaller jades are brought indoors, as are some of my other houseplants.

Mousetoescamper

(5,349 posts)
45. Thanks!
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 11:15 PM
Nov 2023

Check out the shots of my 30-some-year-old jade above in post #44. It used to flower every November. Sadly, it died two years ago.

pansypoo53219

(21,770 posts)
32. hope it survives. i brought a gifted succulent from fl to wi. it made a blossom a few weeks later + then died.
Tue Nov 21, 2023, 10:19 PM
Nov 2023

but many babies.

pansypoo53219

(21,770 posts)
73. not jade. a thin branchy thing i named bob. other succelents did worse. we are too cold.
Wed Nov 22, 2023, 07:12 PM
Nov 2023

my grandma's didn't even get that big.

thatcrowwoman

(1,230 posts)
58. You have a remarkable green thumb, Mousetoescamper! Your plants radiate the very essence of jade.
Wed Nov 22, 2023, 11:04 AM
Nov 2023

I’ve never seen a jade in bloom before.
Your 30 years old plant is/was beautifully inspiring.
Many thanks for sharing.

I, too, am aging in place. About 4 years ago, my snake plants started blooming in the late summer, which surprised and delighted me. My mother-in-laws tongues, as my late great mother-in-law called snake plants, derive from a pot of them she gave me back in the 70s. They’ve been shared far and wide since then

🕊thatcrowwoman

BumRushDaShow

(143,427 posts)
64. Beautiful!
Wed Nov 22, 2023, 01:32 PM
Nov 2023


And you reminded me that I am WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY past due to re-pot mine and prune the hell out of it.

Bayard

(24,145 posts)
78. Wonderful!
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 12:44 PM
Nov 2023

Like most here, I didn't even know jades could bloom. Thanks for posting!

Mr. Bayard has recently installed grow lights for my indoor garden of houseplants, and they're looking good.

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