The indoor plant with the longest blooming period, flowering for over half a year at a time, beautiful and easy to care for, and it can also serve as a Lunar New Year floral display
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorative elements of home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits - it beautifies the living space and lifts your mood. "Flower Voice Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1367" introduces you to a flower with the longest blooming period.
Today's featured plant
Common indoor plants like pothos, spider plant, and money tree basically never bloom and are grown only for their foliage. Autumn is the season for growing flowers. The flower introduced today is called "Kalanchoe" - not only can you enjoy its leaves, but also its flowers, and its blooming period is super long, making it suitable for growing in autumn.
Kalanchoe
Kalanchoe, scientific name Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, commonly called "longevity flower" in China, is a perennial succulent herb in the Crassulaceae family. It belongs to the succulent plants and has numerous horticultural varieties. It is very popular worldwide, especially in Western European countries, where it is basically a must-have in every household. It is also extremely popular in China and has become the fourth most common indoor plant after pothos, spider plant, and money tree.
High ornamental value
The kalanchoe plant is low-growing, generally no taller than 30 cm, with thick, emerald-green leaves and cymose inflorescences. Although the individual flowers are small, they bloom in great quantities, clustering into balls that resemble small peony flowers. With rich colors and both beautiful flowers and foliage, it has high ornamental value and is very suitable for decorating windowsills, desks, and tabletops.
Super easy to care for
Kalanchoe is also one of the easiest plants to grow. It is very robust and highly adaptable to its environment. It can be propagated successfully from stem cuttings or leaf cuttings and can be cared for with minimal attention. It is drought-tolerant and does not need daily watering - watering once every eight to ten days is fine. It fears strong direct light, so indirect light is sufficient. It is not cold-tolerant, so in northern regions it needs to overwinter indoors in winter.
Extremely long blooming period
Kalanchoe is the indoor flower with the longest blooming period I have ever seen. Its flowering period can last over half a year. Only summer is a brief rest period within the year; the other seasons are all blooming season. Winter and spring are when it is at its most beautiful, and it is often used as a Lunar New Year floral display placed in the main hall. Its stems easily become old wood, and it can also be shaped into a small bonsai tree. It is a perennial - plant it once and enjoy it year after year. It is well worth getting. Try growing it in autumn.