Hi,

I was going out of a corner store when an old lady approached me and asked me if I wanted to buy a small tree, I did to help her,

Could you tell me what plant this is?, if it needs direct sun light, much or little water, etc

Thank you for your help

Jade of some kind. Needs sun, good as indoor plant, do not overwater!

pirl said:Jade of some kind. Needs sun, good as indoor plant, do not overwater!

Thank you very much for such promp answer

So I guess it would be fine beside a window?

It would love it. Please add your location (state, city) to your profile (the little blue figure in the upper right hand corner) to allow others to help you with any questions you may have about the Jade or any other questions. Mine gave me flowers at a very sunny window but yours is a different jade than mine.

pirl said:It would love it. Please add your location (state, city) to your profile (the little blue figure in the upper right hand corner) to allow others to help you with any questions you may have about the Jade or any other questions. Mine gave me flowers at a very sunny window but yours is a different jade than mine.

Thank you very much for you help

Yours is very beautiful

Done, I added my location, greeting from Mexico

pirl said:Jade of some kind. Needs sun, good as indoor plant, do not overwater!

No, it's not. It's Portulacaria afra.

navitl, Your lovely plant looks like Elephant Bush (Portulacaria afra)

It should require about the same care as Crassula (Jade). I have one that remains outside year round and since we have high humidity here, I don't water it very often.

Jai_Ganesha said:

No, it's not. It's Portulacaria afra.

Thank you very much for your help

plantladylin said:It should require about the same care as Crassula (Jade). I have one that remains outside year round and since we have high humidity here, I don't water it very often.

Thank yoy very much !

navitl said:

Thank you very much for your help

You're welcome. Portulacaria afra is sometimes called "jade" or "miniature jade" but it's not closely related to jades (Crassula). The resemblance is superficial, probably due to convergent evolution.

It's one of my favorite plants.

Sorry!