Crassula Rupestris Baby Necklace

Baby necklace is a very hardy and ornamental plant with small rounded fleshy leaves tightly stacked and usually multicolored resembling a string of beads like on a necklace.

Crassula rupestris baby necklace.

Baby s necklace vine has a multi branched growth. Therefore it is also known as string of buttons with crassula rupestris ssp. Since it looks more like intertwined beads on baby s necklace this plant look extremely beautiful. The colour of the leaves is a sage green with rosy red edges.

Baby necklace is one of the most unique crassula with vertical stacked thick leaves adorned on the edges with blushed pink it can be planted as a creeping groundcover but will hang out of a basket nicely too. Crassula baby s necklace is a hybrid by myron kimnach developed as a cross of 2 south african succulents crassula perforata with crassula rupestris subsp. Baby necklace is a very hardy and ornamental plant with small rounded fleshy leaves tightly stacked and usually multicolored resembling a string of beads like on a necklace. The leaves are usually around 1 tall and during bloom season the star shaped flowers can be 0 25 inches wide.

It has many colors similar to a string of beads on a necklace. It begins with an upward growth and then spills over its pot as it matures. It can grow up to 6 12 tall. Crassula baby s necklace is an interesting hybrid developed as a cross of two south african succulents crassula perforate with crassula rupestris subsp.

It has puffy individual foliage that grow in neat stacks on upright stems. Belongs to the crassula genus of succulents the crassula baby necklace is one of the most striking yet adorable succulents. Crassula perforata known as string of buttons with crassula rupestris ssp. It can grow to be up to 3 tall.

The botanical name comes from the latin term crassus meaning thick and fleshy referring to the appearance of the crassula rupestris s leaves while the name rupestris means rocks. This crassula plant originates from the eastern cape of south africa and known by several common names including. Crassula baby necklace is a special plant which has small rounded and tightly stacked leaves. Thanks to its slow growing habit and small size the rosary plant works well in dish gardens or succulent plant wreaths.