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Large Dwarf Jade plant
Large Dwarf Jade plant
The famous Spekboom in a 17cm pot: an indigenous, drought-tough shrub sold as dwarf jade.
- Very easy
- Full sun to semi-shade
- When fully dry
- 17cm grow pot
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Large Dwarf Jade plant
R 175.00
About this plant
About this plant
The famous Spekboom also known as Dwarf Jade plant or Portulacaria afra
Help fight air pollution. The Spekboom Absorbs carbon from the atmosphere and turns it into plant matter.
Full sun or semi-shade. Only water when the soil has dried out completely.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
A big, tough Spekboom for your garden
Portulacaria afra · also known as Spekboom, dwarf jade, elephant bush, porkbush
Native to Eastern South Africa, from the Eastern Cape northwards
Spekboom is an indigenous South African succulent shrub, often called dwarf jade, but it is a different plant from the jade money plant (Crassula ovata). It has small, round leaves on reddish-brown stems.
- A large Spekboom in a 17cm grow pot, ready to make an impact in a sunny garden bed or big container.
- Indigenous and very drought tolerant: water only once the soil has dried out completely.
- Happy in full sun or semi-shade, and takes well to pruning into a hedge or bonsai shape.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
A sunny garden bed, patio pot or north-facing stoep. Indoors it needs your brightest window.
Care card
- Light
- Full sun to semi-shade
- Water
- When fully dry
- Humidity
- Any
- Temperature
- 5 to 35°C, avoid hard frost
- Soil
- Free-draining mix
- Feeding
- Rarely needed
- Growth
- Moderate, bushy shrub
- Outdoors
- Yes, very hardy
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Plant it in a sunny or semi-shaded spot in free-draining soil, or a pot with drainage holes.
- Water well after planting, then only when the soil has dried out completely.
- Once established outdoors, it copes with long dry spells on its own.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Leaves dropping or yellowingUsually too much water. Let it dry out completely between drinks.
- Wrinkled leavesVery dry for a long time. Give it a deep drink.
- Thin, leggy stemsIt needs more sun. Move it somewhere brighter and trim to encourage bushiness.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A large plant in a 17cm grow pot. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Is Spekboom the same as a jade plant?
Is Spekboom the same as a jade plant?
No. It's Portulacaria afra, sometimes called dwarf jade because it looks similar, but it's a different plant from Crassula ovata.
Can I grow it as a hedge?
Can I grow it as a hedge?
Yes. It responds well to pruning and makes a neat, drought-tough hedge in sunny gardens.
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