How to grow Crassula crosby's compact

Crassula crosby’s compact grow and care subshrub succulent of the genus Crassula also known as Silver dollar plant, Crassula crosby’s compact perennial evergreen used as ornamental drought tolerant plant, can grow in mediterranean, desert, subtropics or temperate climate or as houseplant climate and growing in hardiness zone 9-12.

Crassula crosby’s compact leaves and flowers

Leaves color green with yellow to orange and outer color can be red prominent, shape ovate to elliptic and wavy to curly structure.

Flower color white, the flowers small in star shape five petals grow in cluster.

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How to grow Crassula crosby’s compact growing and care:

Well-drained soil, slightly acid

How to care:
Cut once a year and consider to put fertilizer at least once a year, put water only when the leaves become soft

What is the best propagation way to start growing?
Plant / Seed / Vegetative reproduction – cutting leaves or stems, pups

How to propagate:,
Seed – sowing season it’s in spring to summer, keep soil little moist let it almost dry take care that won’t be fully dry, use potting mix or sandy soil. Cutting propagate can be from leaves or stems, cut in the base of the leaf will be better, possible to cut stems or in middle of the leaf, need to let the few days in shade location and let it dry little bit before put it in the soil, after this put the leaves of stems in the soil watering it with moist and don’t overwater.

Is it necessary to use vegetative reproduction?
No, but easier to start from propagation of leaf or stem

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Toxic to animal like (dogs, cats, horses)

Recommended planting season?
All year (in cold climate not in the winter)

How to plant:
Planting in location with good drainage, the plant doesn’t like and might die if will sit in puddle so in rainy location better to grow above the ground level and use raising bad

Pests and diseases:
Snails, slugs, aphids, meal bug

Pruning season:
All year

How to prune:
Just for design dead leaves and bloom stem

Size of the plant:
10-30 cm, 4-12 inches

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Slow growing especially when the plant young

Water requirement:
Small amount of water – let it dry between watering and care not overwater it will kill that plant, if it’s grow in rainy location better to put in pot with lava grit or something inert that the water to go out, also sandy soil

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade / Full Shade (with light)

Is it possible to grow indoor as houseplant?
Yes

Growing is also possible in a pot, planter, flowerpot, containers:
Yes, when growing containers need bigger than the root ball at least 30% too much big it’s not useful and better to switch the pot to bigger every few years than to start with big pot, soil loos viability over time and once in every few years better to switch (if there isn’t over water or it’s sandy soil with good drainage possible to switch every 5 years and even more), need to make sure that there are enough holes, also choosing the soil it’s important more rains need better drainage, possible to choose sandy soil add little organic matter with materials like lava grit in the bottom and sandy soil on the top, possible perlite with peat soil.

Blooming information

Bloom season:
Winter / Spring

General information about the flower
White flowers small in star shape five petals grow in cluster

Scientific name:

Crassula crosby’s compact subsp. undulatifolia

How to grow Crassula crosby's compact

Crassula crosby's compact

Categories

Blooming Seasons
  • Spring flowers
  • Winter flowers
Flower colors
  • White flower
Climate
  • Desert Climate
  • Mediterranean Climate
  • Subtropics Climate
  • Temperate Climate
Leaf color
  • Orange leaves
  • Red leaves
  • Yellow leaf
Ornamental parts
  • Ornamental flower
  • Ornamental leaves
  • Ornamental plant
Plant growing speed
  • Slow growing plants
Plant life-form
  • Evergreen
  • Perennial plant
  • Subshrub
  • Succulent
Plant Uses
  • Colored leaves
  • Drought tolerant plants
  • Ground cover plants
  • Indoor plants
  • Ornamental plants
Planting Season
  • Autumn Planting
  • Spring Planting
  • Summer planting
Plants sun exposure
  • Full sun Plants
  • Part shade Plants
  • Shade Plants
Watering plants
  • Small amounts of water
Hardiness zone
  • Hardiness zone 10
  • Hardiness zone 11
  • Hardiness zone 12
  • Hardiness zone 9