florist kalanchoe
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
RHS AGM 2012
USDA zones10 to 12
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size6 to 18 inches tall6 to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Scarlet, pink, salmon or yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Florist kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) is a succulent for containers, borders, and rock gardens. It grows outdoors year-round in USDA zone 10 and warmer, down to about 30°F (-1°C). In colder areas, grow it as a houseplant or bring it indoors for winter. This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist, sandy or loamy soil. It is drought tolerant, salt tolerant, and evergreen, with scarlet, pink, salmon, or yellow blooms. Deer tend to browse other plants first. It forms a dense, slow growing mound.
Pairs well with White velvet, Mondo grass, and Blue grama.
Native range
Middle East, Asia, Africa, Burkina, and 5 more places. See all 9
Middle East, Asia, Africa, Burkina, Caprivi Strip, Eritrea, Eswatini, Gambia, and Northern Provinces.