Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Succulents
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Small
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 2-4' x 1-3'
Natural Growth Habit: Dense, Mounding, Upright
Native To: Cultivar, South Africa
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Low Water
Flower Color: White
Bloom Time: Spring, Winter
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Colorful Foliage / Deer Resistant / Drought Resistant / Fire Resistant/Retardant / Interesting Foliage / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #1
Sunset Garden Zones: 8-9-12-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9-11
Crassula arborescens ‘Blue Waves’ is a slow-growing, evergreen succulent featuring a compact, mounding habit and rippled, bluish-gray to blue-green, waxy leaves with undulating, wavy margins and fine purple/red edges (enhanced by cooler weather or full sun). Uses include rock and succulent gardens, low-water borders, containers, accent plant. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Thrives in full sun to partial shade; full sun near the seacoast and part sun to bright, indirect shade inland. It has low water requirements. Should be soaked through only when the soil is completely dry. It grows best in gritty, porous soil with excellent drainage. Avoid heavy clay. Fire-resistant. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Verticillium wilt-resistant. Cold hardy to 25°F.
Crassula arborescens ‘Blue Waves’ is a slow-growing, evergreen succulent featuring a compact, mounding habit and rippled, bluish-gray to blue-green, waxy leaves with undulating, wavy margins and fine purple/red edges (enhanced by cooler weather or full sun). Uses include rock and succulent gardens, low-water borders, containers, accent plant. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Thrives in full sun to partial shade; full sun near the seacoast and part sun to bright, indirect shade inland. It has low water requirements. Should be soaked through only when the soil is completely dry. It grows best in gritty, porous soil with excellent drainage. Avoid heavy clay. Fire-resistant. Deer and rabbit-resistant. Verticillium wilt-resistant. Cold hardy to 25°F.
