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by suzie milner
(Hampshire, UK)

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My plant is young (only ~7cm at present).

It has variegated leaves with the middle of the leaf tending to be a pea green colour and the rest being a pale green.

Most of the leaves, at least the younger ones, also have a slightly pink tinge to the edges of the leaves.

The stem is quite dark red but one of the stems is green on one side.

Comments for variegated leaf, reddish stem, slightly pink edges to the leaves

Sep 07, 2017

Elephants Food
by: Jacki

This little beauty is called Portulacaria afra variegata. See more about it here; Portulacaria which shows more information on both the variegated form and the straight species.

Oct 07, 2018

jade plant
by: Olivia k. P.

I’m pretty sure it’s a jade plant .

Oct 07, 2018

Note to Olivia
by: Jacki Cammidge, Certified Horticulturist

Jade plants (Crassula ovata) are a lot bigger than Portulacaria afra.