Soil

Crassula picturata

C. exilis ssp. picturata

Spotted green leaves with red undersides. White flowers.

Crassula plegmatoides

C. arta

Small greyish columns of stacked rounded leaves with an almost felt-like soft appearance. Winter-growing, very low water.

Crassula pubescens ssp. rattrayi

Forms a carpet of lightly fuzzy leaves, green in shade and bright red in full sun. Afternoon shade needed in inland locations.

Crassula radicans

C. pubescens ssp. radicans

Spreading groundcover to 6″, Small leaves turn red in sun; yellow flowers

Crassula rupestris

Sprawling low groundcover to 6″. Small triangular paired leaves, with red tips in full sun.

Crassula spiralis

C. “Estagnol”

Small tight stacked leaves spiral as they grow outward. Green with a hint of golden red in sun.

Crassula tabularis

Stunning tightly-stacked leaves for a small-scale Pagoda plant. Bright red in full sun. White flowers.

Crassula tetragona subs. connivens

Small succulent shrub, erect stems with broad branches. groups of 4 leaves in a square pattern. Perfect as a natural bonsai, can be trimmed to shape and kept reduced in size.

 

Cremnosedum “Crocodile”

Cremnophila nutans x Sedum furfuraceum

Fat round leaves, dark green to brownish in full sun. Scaly stems appear when they grow taller.

Cremnosedum “Little Gem”

Low growing intergenic hybrid Sedum x Cremnophila. Olive green rosettes turn bronze colored in full sun. Yellow flowers.

Crossyne flava

Boophone flava
Winter growing bulb in the Amaryllis family. Yellow Flowers.

Cryptanthus “Minor”

C. bivittatus “Minor”

Beautiful striped terrestrial bromeliad, nearly flat, shades of brown

Cryptanthus “Ruby”

C. bivittatus “Ruby”

Beautiful red-striped terrestrial bromeliad, nearly flat, bright colors in light shade

Cumulopuntia boliviana

In the Opuntioideae Subfamily, similar to some of the South American chollas, with glochids and easily separated elongate stem sections.

Cumulopuntia tumida

Rare. In the Opuntioideae Subfamily, similar to some of the South American chollas, with glochids and easily separated ovate stem sections.

Grows low to the ground with stems partly buried. Can form large clusters 2 to 3 stems tall though they break off easily. Large feathery yellow flowers. Brownish-orange glochids.

Cycas revoluta

Slow growing with large green fronds. Easy to grow indoor or outdoor. Poisonous if ingested, including people and pets.

Cylindropuntia bigelovi

Opuntia bigelovi

Mojave and Sonora Deserts. Classic golden-spined Jumping Cholla. Slow growing.

Cylindropuntia fulgida

Opuntia fulgida

Medium height tree cholla, 3′-6’h.; 1″ pink flowers in summer sun