My Jade plants are throwing flowers!

@vandana7 (100299)

• India

18 Jan 21

Makes me feel good because I knew they do.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

I knew that some (probably all--we have to reproduce somehow) succulents do, and I THINK I've seen jade plants flower before, but never my own.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

@vandana7 Do you think ALL succulents flower?

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (72141)

• United States

18 Jan 21

Maybe they weren’t mature enough to bloom until now. My nieces middle name and my husbands dogs name is Jade.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

Jade? That's a pretty name! @Fleura implicitly suggested the same thing about age of the plant. I've had mine for several years now.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47338)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

18 Jan 21

I don't think I've ever seen a jade plant in bloom. I have an African violet, several geraniums and a begonia currently in bloom. Everything else is resting now.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (47338)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

18 Jan 21

@TheHorse They're in the house.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

They don't mind the cold?

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Jan 21

@BarBaraPrz Oh, OK. Do they get sunlight every day?

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (106376)

• Marion, Ohio

18 Jan 21

We are in winter so no. But that looks pretty

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@vandana7 (100299)

• India

18 Jan 21

He uploaded it to make us envy him. Pony is evil.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

You have "real" Winters in Ohio. Actually, several years ago, I almost lost a jade plant when we had a freak (for this part of California) hard freeze for several days. I had to cut it all the way down, but it came back! It's the one in the picture.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (106376)

• Marion, Ohio

19 Jan 21

@TheHorse I keep plants like that potted when I have them so I can bring them in

Fleur

@Fleura (30404)

• United Kingdom

18 Jan 21

It's really funny you should say that, but here there is a village facebook group. I'm not a member of FB (I can't agree to their Ts and Cs!) but it's a public group so I can read what's going on - usually complaints about parking and dog mess, and at the moment updates on the vaccination program. But yesterday somebody posted a photo of their flowering Jade plant with exactly the same question! I have a large Jade plant and it flowers fairly regularly. I think it might be age-related, because for years I didn't realise they did flower. Here they are kept as houseplants, so mine is not much influenced by climate change.

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@vandana7 (100299)

• India

18 Jan 21

You mean to say it takes COVID-19 to perform that miracle on some of those jade plants?

But I agree with you. May be they bloom late.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

Very interesting! I know it rains a lot in the UK, but am I correct in believing that you don't often have hard freezes? I'm going to stick with my "perfect storm" hypothesis for now, but age could be a factor as well. I've had this thing for years. Maybe it's "reaching puberty."

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

What about their Terms and Conditions did you not like?

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317089)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

18 Jan 21

That's great you're getting flowers on them. We've had a mild winter with very little snow. I am happy we got some last night and might during the day too.

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@vandana7 (100299)

• India

18 Jan 21

Jade plant had mercy on Pony.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

I hope you've done a post with a picture! You've let me down a bit this Winter! Hey, I'm glad the Packers are still in the hunt. I like KC too.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317089)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

18 Jan 21

@vandana7 Yes, it did.

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Michele

@Aquitaine24 (11813)

• San Jose, California

18 Jan 21

Mine bloom too.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Jan 21

Have you had your jade plants for a long time?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471421)

• Switzerland

18 Jan 21

Well, the primroses are blooming now and I wonder why they are blooming now that we are below zero... they should bloom in Spring.

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@vandana7 (100299)

• India

18 Jan 21

This seems to be COVID-19 effect. Can you upload a picture?

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471421)

• Switzerland

18 Jan 21

@vandana7 I will take a photo tomorrow, it's already getting dark here. We often have sunny days, but it is below zero during the night, this is why I am surprised.

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Greg

@xander6464 (44250)

• Wapello, Iowa

18 Jan 21

I didn't know you could grow jade!!!! I thought you had to mine it or something. This changes everything. I wonder if diamonds can be grown, too. I am going to look into that because I want my garden to generate some income this year!

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@vandana7 (100299)

• India

19 Jan 21

@TheHorse Man made diamonds have lower value. May be you can use the services of a woman instead.

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Greg

@xander6464 (44250)

• Wapello, Iowa

19 Jan 21

@TheHorse It's easy, just keep practicing. My friend, Superman, does it all the time.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Jan 21

I am taking coal from Black Diamond Mines (near my house) and squishing it real hard between my palms. But no diamonds yet. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

18 Jan 21

I have several succulents and sometimes they do bloom, but nothing as showy as your flowers. Those are lovely, pony.

Nope. Nothing blooming right now. (I sent vanny a photo of my indoor plants. She complained because they weren't blooming.

)

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

She's a kvetch.

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

18 Jan 21

@TheHorse Hmmm... you must know her better than I do, then. I haven't noticed that.

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@vandana7 (100299)

• India

19 Jan 21

@DaddyEvil Whoever does not like my kvetching is allowed to accumulate wax in their ears, and whoever does not know I kvetch already has too much of it in their ears.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (41445)

• United States

18 Jan 21

We have a succulent of some sort. It was really ugly until some lovely red flowers popped out. Those are pretty on your porch.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

Succulents are quite popular in California, since we tend to have moderate temperatures here.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

18 Jan 21

I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary here but then I have very little garden.

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@vandana7 (100299)

• India

18 Jan 21

You must be feeding all those kangaroos.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340216)

• Rockingham, Australia

19 Jan 21

@vandana7 That's true and now I refuse to plant any more for them to eat. Here is one eating my rose bush.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Jan 21

@JudyEv What is the best method for chasing off kangaroos?

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (178877)

• United States

18 Jan 21

I'm not a plant person; but your jade plant looks really lovely with the flowers.

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@vandana7 (100299)

• India

18 Jan 21

I agree. At least Pony was not as lazy as vanny.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

I grow what I grow mostly for the fun of it. But I'm happy when I flowers, or new sprouts, etc.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

@vandana7 But lazy is my middle name!

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Simone

@Janet357 (75646)

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18 Jan 21

Sad to say, am not really fond of plants that are not edible

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@vandana7 (100299)

• India

19 Jan 21

@TheHorse I remember, you have the Pony and Pea pod story.

@vandana7 (100299)

• India

18 Jan 21

Herbivore.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

Mot of my garden is edible. But my garden ("farm") is in planters, so my harvests are "modest."

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Notlilie

@prinzcy (32305)

• Malaysia

19 Jan 21

That's a pretty name for a pretty flower.

DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

19 Jan 21

Ours used to flower. Now my basil is flowering and I have to remove the blooms.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Jan 21

I planted some cilantro, but I haven't had a lot of success with it in the past. Why do you have to remove the basil blooms?

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

19 Jan 21

@TheHorse It keeps the leaves growing for more basil as well as from going to seed.

CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

18 Jan 21

I had jade in the past but they never bloomed.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

19 Jan 21

@CarolDM But I'm also sticking with my "perfect storm" hypothesis.

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

Others have suggested that it could be about the age of the plant.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

18 Jan 21

@TheHorse Makes sense.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

18 Jan 21

sadly in our house we have plants that die as expected. we've not had one live to bloom when we were expecting it!

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

18 Jan 21

Are you the one with the brown/black thumb or is it your wife?

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@DaddyEvil (137259)

• United States

19 Jan 21

@DocAndersen I once had a friend who would come to my house. I have always had a large array of indoor plants. If/When she got too close to any of them they started wilting... I could baby those back to health after a few days but heaven help any plant she touched. Nothing I did would revive them. I firmly believe some people are natural plant killers.

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Scott Andersen

@DocAndersen (54402)

• United States

19 Jan 21

@DaddyEvil it is both of us. we are plant killers.

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rhuenz

@rhuenz (10643)

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18 Jan 21

So this is the Jade plant I am reading from other mylotters.. They said it's a good plant to have in the home.. Will give goodluck

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@TheHorse (218921)

• Walnut Creek, California

18 Jan 21

Some people call jade plants "money trees" or "money plants." I think I heard that from both a Filipino friend and a Croatian friend.

Titia Geertman

@TitiaG (251)

• Netherlands

19 Jan 21

I have a jade plant too which is at least over 50 years old. I got it last year. It's very rare that they get to blooming, you must've neglected it dearly, because succulents only bloom after a long period of drought. So you must have done something good.

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