Cultivar · genus Crassula
Gollum
Crassula ovata · ‘Gollum’
Guide
Written and kept by people who grow it. Every section carries its source.
No cultivar-specific guide yet
Until someone writes one, this cultivar follows the Crassula ovata care below. If you grow ‘Gollum’, a few honest paragraphs would give it its own voice.
Care recipe
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Care notes reviewed by Horta
- Light
- ai:claude-code
Direct sun
≈ every 28 days
Low — average room
10–27 °C
Gritty, fast-draining cactus and succulent mix
Leaf or stem cuttings left to callus, then rooted
Dilute succulent feed once or twice in the growing season
Slow
Star-shaped white to pink clusters on mature plants in winter
Toxic to cats & dogs
Jade plant — vomiting, depression, incoordination (ASPCA: principle unknown). This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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PrimarySources: ai:claude-code · ASPCA
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