Monetary tree, or crassula – the widespread inhabitant of city apartments. This plant effectively looks, does not demand difficult leaving and well breeds. Besides, there is belief that the crassula brings abundance and good luck to the house. That is why many want to grow up monetary tree.
There are four main types of monetary tree which are used in room floriculture.
Crassula treelike – the large bush reaching height to one and a half meters. Stalk its gray-green, and from it extensively numerous escapes with roundish leaves of gray-green color, and across the region of some of leaves there passes the red strip. Flowers at this look small, at first they white, but turn pink over time.
The crassula tetrahedral is semi-bush with set of escapes on which roundish fleshy leaves and dark brown air roots are located. Tsayeta at this look white, small.
Crassula portulakovy – bush with large number of escapes, leaves its dark green, juicy and brilliant, with brown border. Flowers of this look do not differ in special appeal, color their white or pink. The crassula carpet is undersized, strongly branching bush. Leaves its light green, fleshy, flowers small and white. To grow up monetary tree, it is necessary to place it in the light room. In the summer the crassula is watered constantly, though in moderate quantities, in the winter watering is minimized. In the summer the monetary tree is recommended to be taken out on open air, however to protect it from the open sun, to put in shadow. In the winter the crassula is placed in the cool, but well lit room. For change prepare for monetary tree special mix, two-piece the clay and cespitose earth, one part of the humous earth, one part of the sheet earth and one part of sand. The crassula well breeds seeds, shanks and even separate leaves which are recommended to be landed to the easy soil. At reproduction by leaves and shanks they should be dried in the open air. The soil has to be rather enriched with fertilizers, otherwise flow monetary tree will begin to turn yellow. For the rest this plant is absolutely unpretentious.