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Crassula 'Baby's Necklace'

Also Known As

Crassula 'Baby Necklace'
Crassula rupestris x perforata
Baby Necklace
Rosary Vine

Plant type

cactus / succulent, groundcover

size

H: 6"-12"
W: 9"-12"

planting zones

9a-12

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Crassula 'Baby's Necklace' plant details

Crassula 'Baby's Necklace' is an evergreen groundcover cactus / succulent with blue, green, red and variegated foliage. In spring and summer white flowers emerge. Features glaucous texture. Grows well with sun - bright shade and occasional - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Prefers to be dry in summer. Does well in average, gritty and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Crassula 'Baby's Necklace'

Plant type: groundcover cactus / succulent
Plant family: crassulaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue, green, red and variegated
Mature size: 9 IN - 12 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: white blooms in spring and summer
Uses: container plant, houseplant, rock garden, tropical-looking, xeric, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Crassula 'Baby's Necklace'

USDA Zones: 9a - 12
Sun exposure: sun - bright shade
Watering frequency: occasional - low

Soil needs: average, gritty and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This plant is stacked! Crassula ‘Baby’s Necklace’ features plump, stacked, grey green succulent leaves with scarlet red accents. They grow in clumping columns that eventually spill over due to their own weight. The gorgeous accents are most pronounced when the plant is stressed by environmental conditions. Baby’s Necklace succulent is a hybrid sport of Crassula perforata and Crassula rupestris subsp. marnieriana.

By: Little Prince of Oregon

Sweet little succulent with puffy leaves, green with red edges, stacked on thin stems, indeed like beads on a baby's necklace. To only 6-12" tall forming clumps of upright stems to 9-12" wide adorned with small white flowers in late spring to early summer. A cross between C. rupestris and C. perforata, these do best in well-drained soil in bright light with protection from the hottest, midday sun. Should dry out some between waterings and never be allowed to sit in water. Frost hardy in USDA zone 9. A happy container plant where temperatures are lower.

By: Cistus Nursery

Baby's Necklace, a fleshy succulent with disc shaped red edge leaves threaded or stacked on a central thin stem. A creeping ground cover in frost free areas, a great cascading container plant in the north. Produces white flowers in late spring. Grows to 12" tall. Likes sun. Hardy in zones 9-11