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Crassula cv Hummel's Sunset
There is little reference material around
on this magnificent cult-
var. yet lots of people grow it. It is most likely a garden hybrid
of Crassula portulacea.
The pictures were taken in early February, the flowers last 5/6
weeks in cool conditions and are white with a hint of lavender.
The plant is easy to grow and propagate by leaves or cuttings and
reaches flowering size in 5/7 years. Repotting should be done in
Spring, which usually turns the leaves a plain green. However it
soon recovers as the roots fill the pot and the vivid leaf colours
reappear.
If the lower branches are taken off as it gains height the bonsai
effect is achieved.
Grow in good light at winter min. temps of 5 degrees. Water well
in the active growing season with just a little in the colder months. |
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in Hampshire 21 years ago. It was and is the only time I have seen
it on sale. Since then I have been taking cuttings so as to keep
it. It is very tricky to over winter and once gone it could be lost
for ever. |
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Top left - Inflorescence.
Bottom left- backup plants
Right - flower stem. |
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Crassula cotyledonis
THUNBERG: South & S.W. Africa. Cultivation
easy in normal glasshouse (cool) conditions. This plant '1' was
grown from the variegated plant '2' as a leaf cutting. I started
by purchasing a fully var. specimen from Sargants |
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Originally I bought the plant as C. dubia var., one of several
alternative names, most of which are now out of use i.e.,
C. cephalophora v. dubia
C. dubia
C. tayloriae
C. cephalophora v. t.
described by SCHONLAND:
and
C. torquata
C. rehmannii
described by BAKER:
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