Does Crassula 'Buddha's Temple' live after bloomig?

[BennieAnTheJets]

Mine has a pretty set of blooms now - what a surprise - but I am a bit worried that'll be it for it.

Do they die after they bloom? Or do they go on growing?

Please le me know if you know.

Thanks, Bennie

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[greenknight]

Crassulas bloom and keep on growing, it should be fine. Take a look here: https://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1102

[BennieAnTheJets]

Oh, thank you so much, greenknight! Both for the good news and for the wonderful article. I'll be reading it with interest. Did not realize how many of these I have (crassula).

[TimN]

Really nice plant, Bennie, I've been thinking about getting one. Never seen the flowers before.

[Shane]

Really nice plant, Bennie, I've been thinking about getting one. Never seen the flowers before.

If you like the flowers, I'd also suggest Crassula 'Springtime' (or one of its several variants). Most beautiful flowers of any Ceassula I have:

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The picture doesn't really do the colors justice, but still

[esp_imaging]

Crassula is a large, diverse genus, including the annual, aquatic succulent C. nutans and various other annuals and biennials, such as C. barbata, the Dave's Garden article barely scratches the surface.

Some perennial Crassulas do die after blooming, including C. pyramidalis, one of the parent plants of Buddha's Temple. http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCC ... yramidalis

Fortunately, Buddha's Temple is normally long lived and able to survive for multiple years.

[Shane]

Crassula is a large, diverse genus, including the annual, aquatic succulent C. nutans [...]

Some perennial Crassulas do die after blooming, including C. pyramidalis, one of the parent plants of Buddha's Temple. http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/SUCC ... yramidalis[...]

Crassula is an interesting and IMO underrated genus. Funny you mention nutans, I've been looking for one of the aquatic species (nutans or aquatica, another I don't know about). Just to have a better representation of the diversity of Crassulaceae in my collection

That's an impressive C. pyramidalis in your link! I both look forward to and fear mine doing that (since it's monocarpic)