Small and variable
Cactus and Succulents - Part Shade
Conophytum minutum
Very small round paired leaves.
Cotyledon “Flavida”
C. orbiculata v. oblonga “Flavida”
Fast growing, with large narrow chalky-white leaf. Long elegant bell shaped peach blooms in late Summer/Fall.
Cotyledon orbiculata “Winter Red”
Stunning shrub with thick oval leaves, powder white with red edging if grown in full sun, more green in part shade. Long elegant bell-shaped red flowers in Winter. Deer resistant.
Crassula “Bluebird”
2 to 3ft. tall, white flowers. S. African Hybrid
Crassula “Buddha’s Temple”
C. pyramidalis x C. perfoliata
Miniature square-shaped vertical stems to 8″, drops bottom leaves.
Crassula “Campfire”
C. capitella “Campfire”
Branchy to 1ft. tall with green to bright red leaves.
Crassula “Chiquito”
C. radicans “Chiquito”
Spreading groundcover to 6″ high, small ½” paired leaves turn red in sun; tiny yellow flowers
Crassula “ET”
C. ovata “ET”
Small, shrubby to 3ft., tubular leaves, red-tipped in full sun
Crassula “Gollum”
C. ovata “Gollum”
Small, shrubby to 3ft., tubular leaves, red-tipped in full sun
Crassula “Hobbit”
C. ovata “Hobbit”
Small, shrubby to 3ft., curled leaves, red-tipped in full sun
Crassula “Imperialis”
Tight watch-chain stems to 6″, mat-forming.
Crassula “Ivory Pagoda”
Short towers of folded leaves, branching from the base.
Crassula “Jade Necklace”
C. marnieriana “Jade Necklace”
Slender stems to 4″t tightly packed with small thick leaves
Crassula “Moonglow”
Small squarish stems to 12″; long draping bloom stalks
Crassula “Morgan’s Beauty”
C. falcata x C. mesembryanthemopsis with possible x C. ausiensis, x C. tecta
Small hybrid with pink flowers, lays low to the ground.
Crassula “Pagoda”
C. perforata “Pagoda”
2ft w/variegated leaves crowned with small white flowers
Crassula “Pastel”
C. rupestris “Pastel”
Tiny tightly-stacked nearly-white leaves, short stems. This was cultivated from Crassula “Tom Thumb.”
Crassula “Shark’s Tooth”
C. capitella “Shark’s Tooth”
Branchy to 1ft. tall with triangular green leaves get soft red in full sun.
Crassula “Springtime”
Thick-leaved cultivar to 12″ with pink flower sprays in late winter/early spring.
Crassula “Sunset”
C. ovata “Sunset”
Shrubby, easy to grow. Green and yellow variegated leaves with bright pink edges. Protect from frost.
Crassula “Tom Thumb”
C. rupestris “Tom Thumb”
C. rupestris ssp. marnieriana x C. rupestris ssp. rupestris
Mini-shrub to 4″ with tiny thick leaves, white flower sprays.
Crassula ausensis ssp. titanopsis
Dense, clumping rosettes, to 4″ across; white flowers w/yellow stamens
Crassula biplanata
Small, shrubby, will get 12″ tall and will spread a few feet wide if given well-drained soils and a little room to grow. Will also grow in rock gardens and can be contained in fairly small areas. Tiny green leaves get silvery in full sun. Covered in small bright white flowers in mid to late summer. From Cape Province, South Africa.
Crassula capitella
Mat-forming, branching from base. Bright red in sun
Crassula cephalophora
Small propeller-like grey leaves with red tips in full sun. Shrubby to 18″.
Crassula columella
Miniature square-shaped vertical stems to 6″. Grows in quartz outcroppings along hillsides.
Crassula commutata
Mini-shrub to 4″ w/tiny thick leaves, white flower sprays
Crassula conjuncta
6″ towers of tightly stacked triangular leaves. Red tips in full sun.
Crassula corymbulosa
Dense branches of tightly packed triangular leaves forming short pagoda-like groups. Turns red in full sun.