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Is Jade Plant (Crassula Ovata) hardy outside in the UK? Thanks in advance.




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NO

It's ok to sit out in summer but the frost will do for it

1 Aug, 2021

 

Jade Plant is hardy down to about 10º C, as long as it is kept dryish. Probably only good for the warmest areas, in very sharp drainage.

1 Aug, 2021

 

I put mine outside usually in the middle to end of May and bring them into a sheltered conservatory in mid October. They would not survive the winter outside.

1 Aug, 2021

 

It's the chilly night time temperatures that will get them. Follow above advice.

3 Aug, 2021

 

I apologize for my miscalculation: I should have said that it was hardy down to -4º C.
Here in the western U.S., Jade Plant is an effective landscape shrub along the west coast from Los Angeles, California to near Tacoma, Washington, though it needs a well drained sun trap to do well north of Portland, Oregon. As I said, growing it permanently outside might work in the very mildest parts of the UK, in a sunny, sandy, southern exposure. Practically anywhere else in the UK, it is most likely to freeze in the winter, unless taken inside, or into a cool greenhouse.

5 Aug, 2021

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