Crassula columella

Grower: spring and autumn growers, producing green reddish flowers, dormant in summer, frost tender

Light: full sun or bright filtered sun, needs aeration

Water: water once per week if growing medium becomes too dry

Soil type: prefers porous gritty succulent growing medium

ORIGIN / HISTORY

• From winter rainfall area on the West Coast of the Richtersveld, Northern Cape, South Africa
• Grootmis and Lekkersing – Namaqualand, up to Namibia
• Crassula columella grows in crevices in quartzite outcrops in dry cliffs
• The Latin name means “pillar” or “little column”
• In its habitat, it is exposed to a lot of direct sun and appears as if the leaf tips are blushing red