Crassula coccineaL.
Klipblom ( Afrikaans ) , Red Crassula
Danielia coccinea , Dietrichia coccinea , Kalosanthes coccinea , Larochea coccinea , Rochea coccinea , Sedum rochea
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menage : CrassulaceaeSubfamily : CrassuloideaeGenus : Crassula
Crassula coccineais aboriginal toSouth Africa(Western Cape ) . It grows in crevices on sandstone ledges , particularly at the border of plateaux from Cape Peninsula to Still Bay .
Crassula coccineais a sparingly branched succulent shrub with green , rarely brownish - red folio arranged in four upright rows overlapping each other along the stems . The stems are tumid to spreading and can grow up to 2 feet ( 60 cm ) long , furcate from the base . The leave are flat , ovate to elliptic , with ciliate margin , measure up to 1.4 inches ( 3.5 cm ) long and up to 0.6 inches ( 1.5 cm ) wide . The old leaf are not deciduous .
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In summer , the strike flowers appear in dense , flat - top heads at the final stage of the stems . The fragrant flowers are tubular , brilliant red , or rarely white with various hint of red . The heyday can rise up to 1.8 in ( 4.5 atomic number 96 ) long , while the flower heads can make up to 4 inches ( 10 curium ) in diameter .
USDA hardiness zones9a to 11b : from 20 ° F ( −6.7 ° hundred ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° C ) .
genus Crassula are sluttish to grow but susceptible tomealy bugsand fungal diseases . Overwatering is sure to be black , as with all succulents , so err on the side of being too dry rather than too wet . Never let your plant life ride in water . If you water from to a lower place by permit the industrial plant sit in a saucer , pour off any surplus water after a few minutes .
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These succulents are generally started by division , offsets , orleaf slip . Crassulas can be easily propagated from a single leaf . Sprout leaves by placing them into apotting mix for succulents , then cover the bag until they bourgeon .
Repot as needed , preferably during the warm season . To repot yourCrassula , control the ground is dry before repotting , then mildly withdraw the heap . Knock away the old land from the roots , take away any rotted or dead roots . Treat any cuts with a fungicide . Place the plant in its unexampled pot and backfill it with potting soil , circulate the roots as you repot . exit the plant dry for a workweek or so , then begin to water lightly to quash the danger of root decomposition .
instruct more atHow to Grow and Care for Crassula .
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