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NigRachNigRach Posts: 13
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Hi,

I have a number of succulents that I don't know what they are and how to contain them. They are getting out of control and too tall. Inexperienced with plants other than taking a cutting which produced more out of control succulents. image

So A) What is it?. B) How to prune? where to cut etc.

thanks

Sorry it's sideways.

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  • Dave MorganDave Morgan Posts: 3,123

    It's a money plant or Crassula Ovata/jade plant.

    http://www.houseplantsexpert.com/jade-plant.html

    Have look at the link see if that helps.

  • NigRachNigRach Posts: 13

    thanks Dave,

    Is there any particular way to prune? to give shape to them.
    Particularly the big one but also to shape the smaller one.

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  • GardenmaidenGardenmaiden Posts: 1,126

    Give the bigger one a trim, because if they get top heavy they snap off (from my experience). You can use these for more plants if you want. when they are happy, they produce tiny white flowers that look like little stars, very nice.

  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    Looks like standing it in a sunnier location would help to keep it bushier.

  • Singing GardenerSinging Gardener Posts: 1,237

    Mine flowers every year but only since I moved it from the main house into the conservatory. I think this is because it needs the shorter days to trigger flowering and we don't use the conservatory in the evening in winter.

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