Even if never as overly indulgent in bloom as when new, Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is one of the more sustainable of popular blooming florist plants. Forced bloom remains colorful for quite a while. By the time it deteriorates enough to necessitate grooming, new foliage may already be developing. Sporadic subsequent bloom is more natural in appearance.
Ultimately, Kalanchoe blossfeldiana becomes more of a succulent foliar houseplant that occasionally blooms, rather than a spectacular floral plant. Individual plants may survive for only a few years, but are likely to generate basal pups that grow as new plants during that time. Also, they are very easy to propagate by succulent stem and even leaf cuttings.
Mature Kalanchoe blossfeldiana do not get much more than a foot high and wide. Some may stay half as tall. Their lower leaves can get three inches long, with crenate margins. Minute yellow, orange, red, pink or creamy white flowers bloom for late autumn or winter. Garden plants require shelter from chill through winter and hot sunlight through summer. Most are houseplants that appreciate copious sunlight.
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I have had one for years that I keep in a pot and it spends most of the year outside. It is about to bloom.
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I did not realize how popular this is when I wrote about it. I am starting to notice them in offices at work now. I remember that there were at least two on desks at the bank in town.
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I think because they are easy. I don’t pay much attention to mine and it lives in the woods in the summer. If a piece breaks off, I just stick it back in the soil. Mine must be 15 years old.
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That is impressive. I know that they can live that long, and can replace themselves indefinitely, but not many people keep them around that long.
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I kept one of these for a neighbor one summer when she was in Turkey. It was a nice plant with blooms just about the color of those in your photo. Luckily it survived until she got back.
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They have potential to perform for many years, and can replace themselves to perform for many more years afterward.
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I occasionally have one, but they don’t last for long. I think they are cultivated for looking good in the garden centre and just flower themselves to death! (We call them Flaming Kate by the way.)
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?! Flaming Kate?! Gads! That sounds like an old fashioned disparagement of a West Hollywood drag queen.
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LOL!
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