Since I acquired my Crassula falcata in January this year, I've been patiently waiting for it to flower. I was told that a young plant takes ages to flower, but just two months later, in the first week of March I was blessed with the first bud!
Endemic to South Africa, from the Cape Province, they grow to approx. 2 feet (0.61m) tall. The blossom started off with a light pink but soon turned into a sparkling, striking red.
12th March 2015
16th March 2015
By the 4th May I was rewarded with this beautiful flower!
The flower is actually quite heavy and soon leaned horizontal and I was scared it might break off. But turning it to face the sun solved the problem as the plant reacted quite well and started to get up straight again.
Crassula falcata plants grow to 2 feet tall. Their small scarlet red
flowers grow in a large cluster, rising dramatically above the plants'
leaves in summer, giving a beautiful showing for 6-8 weeks. They flower
smells like cinnamon and can bloom twice per year, attracting birds and
other pollinators.
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