Flaking bark; small flowers appear before the leaves in spring. Fragrant sap is used for perfumes. Will develop a thickened caudiciform trunk and spiny branches. Keep dry in winter.
Cactus and Succulents - Part Sun
Conophytum bilobum
Small and variable
Conophytum minutum
Very small round paired leaves.
Corallocarpus bainesii
Tuberous caudex with leafy climbing stems, hairy; tiny red fruits, edible roots. 10 inch across, vines to 6 feet.
Corpuscularia lehmannii
Trailing succulent. 10″ stems with 1″ leaves and pale yellow flowers at the tips.
Coryphantha delaetiana
3″ across, solitary. Rhomboid tubercles. Pale yellow flowers.
Coryphantha elephantidens
Depressed globose, 5″ x 7″, curved spines.
Coryphantha ottonis
Solitary 3″ globose bird’s nest cactus w/variable flowers
Cotyledon “Happy Young Lady”
Dense subshrub succulent with small chalky white leaves and red tips. Orange flowers.
Cotyledon “Mr. Butterfield”
Shrubby to 2′ with finger-like waxy leaves; orange flowers
Cotyledon campanulata
Shrub to 2′. Thick stems, erect branches; long green finger-like waxy leaves
Cotyledon orbiculata
Thick stems, elongated round waxy leaves, white with red tips in full sun, green in shadier conditions. Mounding to 4 feet.
Cotyledon orbiculata “Silver Star”
C. orbiculata “Silver Star”
Thick stems, elongated round waxy leaves, white with red tips in full sun, green in shadier conditions. Shrubby growth habit.
Cotyledon orbiculata v. oblonga
Shrub to 2′. Erect branches; geometric finger-like waxy leaves
Cotyledon orbiculata v. spuria
Thick stems, erect branches, oblong waxy leaves; to 4’h.
Cotyledon tomentosa
Fuzzy green leaves. Low, shrubby
Cotyledon tomentosa ssp. ladismithensis
Dwarf – branching, shrubby; fat fuzzy leaves with graphic marginal teeth.
Crassula “Buddha’s Temple”
C. pyramidalis x C. perfoliata
Miniature square-shaped vertical stems to 8″, drops bottom leaves.
Crassula “Ivory Pagoda”
Short towers of folded leaves, branching from the base.
Crassula “Moonglow”
Small squarish stems to 12″; long draping bloom stalks
Crassula “Pangolin”
A John trager hybrid, C. barklyi x (C. perfoliata var. minor x C. tecta)
Small stacked leaves, readily branches often laying down. Creamy white flowers.
Crassula arborescens
Round leaves, thick succulent branches, broad 5ft shrub.
Crassula brevifolia
Readily branching, very low growing sub-shrub. Leaves will get a red edge in full sun.
Crassula cephalophora
Small propeller-like grey leaves with red tips in full sun. Shrubby to 18″.
Crassula conjuncta
6″ towers of tightly stacked triangular leaves. Red tips in full sun.
Crassula falcata
Grey leaves, criss-cross growth pattern, to 2ft.
Crassula lactea
Grows low, trailing. Small white flowers in winter.
Crassula marchandii
Small squarish stems to 6″
Crassula marginalis
C. pellucida v. marginalis
Cascading groundcover, more water in spring/summer
Crassula marnieriana
Red-tipped green leaves are small and thick, lining up along a trailing stem.