Crassula Species, Miniature Pine Tree

First off, I don't understand why this is listed as about 12" -- other sites list it larger, and indeed mine, planted in the garden, is a...Read Morebout 36" tall. I've had it about 10-12 years and it lives in my hot inland California climate without irrigation. It has had some minor frost damage in the past and comes right back. Pieces break off easily, fall to the ground and root there. I've stuck pieces of scabbed over branches elsewhere in the garden and if they don't get stepped on before they get big enough to be noticed they root themselves. It's an attractive no-care plant here.

I have this plant in a container on a sunny windowsill, and it is doing very well. I think I will move it outside to get some blooms.

They look like little pagodas. My mom's are forever rooting on the lava rocks below and I have been picking them up and giving them away...Read More. Mine in the container hasn't done that, just grown upward (it's about a foot high?) but my mom's other plant is rooting inside her container too. Very easy to propagate.. although we've never done it intentionally.

I have 2 of these growing in restricted areas at the bases of a couple of birch trees, so no spreading problem. Mine have survived sever...Read Moreal nights of frost (28-30F) without any ill effects, but they're near the top of a small slope so the coldest air may have drained away from them down the hill. Very attractive plants.