The potted plant with the longest flowering period, blooming for more than half a year at a stretch, 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 room and lifts your mood. "Flower Voice Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1367" introduces you to a flower with the longest flowering period.

Today's star

Common indoor plants such as 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, called "Kalanchoe", is not only grown for its leaves but also for its blooms, and its flowering period is super long, making it suitable for growing in autumn.

Kalanchoe

Kalanchoe, scientific name Kalanchoe blossfeldiana (Christmas kalanchoe), is generally called "longevity flower" in China. It is a perennial succulent herb in the Crassulaceae family, belonging to the succulent plants, with numerous horticultural cultivars. It is very popular all over the world, 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 short, generally no more than 30 cm tall, with thick, emerald-green leaves and cymose inflorescences. Although the flowers are small, the flower quantity is large, clustering into balls like little peonies, with rich flower colors and beautiful both in flower and foliage. It has high ornamental value and is very suitable for decorating windowsills, desks and tables.

Super easy to care for

Kalanchoe is also one of the easiest plants to care for. It is very robust and highly adaptable to the environment. It can be propagated and survive from stem cuttings or leaf cuttings, and it can be grown with minimal care. It is drought-tolerant and does not need daily watering; watering once every ten days to eight days is no problem. It fears strong light, and scattered light is enough. It is not cold-tolerant, so in northern regions in winter it needs to overwinter indoors.

Extremely long flowering period

Kalanchoe is the indoor flower with the longest flowering period I have ever seen. Its blooming period can last more than half a year; only summer is a short rest during the year, and it is in flower the rest of the seasons. Winter and spring are the most beautiful times, and it is often used as a Lunar New Year floral display in halls. Its branches easily form old stems and can also be shaped into small bonsai trees. It is perennial, planted once and enjoyed year after year, very worth getting. Try growing it in autumn.