How to Get a Jade Plant to Flower | Tips On Flowering Jade Plants
16.06.2023 - 04:07
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Popular for its stubby appearance and green leaves with a tint of orange-red at the edges, Crassula ovata is one of the most versatile succulent houseplants you can grow. The best part is, it also blooms! Here’s all you need to know about How to Get Jade Plant to Flower.
The answer to the question is—Yes, it can bloom! Jade plants flower when they attain maturity in favorable conditions in nature. If yours is not blooming, as usual, you may need to force it by providing short days with cold, dry, and dark treatment listed in this article that results in flowering.
In late winters to spring, you can expect small, star-shaped clusters of beautiful white or pink blossoms on Crassula ovata in response to long nights. The blooms begin as buds covered with pink sepals, which open with two or three clusters when the plant flowers.
According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the blossom has a faint sweet fragrance, in good conditions, pollinated blooms produce small ‘capsules’ filled with seeds. You can harvest these seeds to propagate more jade plants.
Young jade plants do not flower. So, if you have a small plant that’s about 1-2 years old, wait. Don’t expect it to blossom soon. It takes a 3 to 5 years old plant to produce flowers.
Don’t be disheartened if your jade plant is not blooming every year. In the wild, flowering is variable and infrequent because the plant doesn’t rely upon blossoms to reproduce. If you follow the given instructions, your mature jade plant will periodically flower in mid to late winter or spring.
According to Feng Shui, when a jade plant blooms, it is a compliment to its grower. Also, the flowering jade plant symbolizes a great friendship, bringing good luck and prosperity. Apart from that, this