General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 18 inches
Plant Spread: 18 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Pink
Purple
Red
White
Yellow
Bi-Color
Flower Time: Other: Blooms within 4 months of exposure to 6 weeks of 14 hour nights
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Houseplant
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Other: The flowers are the most toxic part.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Florist Kalanchoe
  • Flaming Katy
  • Madagascar Widow's Thrill
  • Christmas Kalanchoe
  • Kalanchoe

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Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-12-26 My kalanchoe cuttings blooms are long lasting and picture perfec
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-03-14 My beautiful blooming kalanchoe.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-03-15 My beautiful blooming kalanchoe with a newly emerged monarch butt
Date: 2019-09-17
Location: CA Date: 3/18/2020 Small Florist Kalanchoe
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Date: 2023-03-10
Location: In my garden Date: Nov 18, 2008 3:48 PM
Location: CA Date: 5/5/2020 My first kalanchoe blooms ever!
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-04-02 Kalanchoe at local big box store.
Photo by hlutzow
Location: In home, San Francisco Date: 2024-03-23
Location: My zone 3a garden Date: 2014-06-02
Location: CA Date: 4/25/2020
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2015-12-23
Date: 2021-11-07
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-03-09 My clearance kalanchoe is blooming non-stop. Love it!
Location: CA Date: 5/8/2020 One finally bloomed! My first ever kalanchoe bloom. #succulentflo
Location: My zone 3a garden Date: 2014-05-21
Date: 2021-06-01
Photo by hlutzow
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-03-14 My new beautiful blooming kalanchoe.
Date: 2018-10-15
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2015-08-28
Photo by Corber
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2022-03-12
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-02-19 My red multi-petal kalanchoe.
Date: 2013-03-06
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-12-24 My Christmas Eve blooming Kalanchoe.
Location: My garden in Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-12-24 My Christmas Eve blooming Kalanchoe.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-04-08 A gift from a friend! Love them all!
Location: Longwood Gardens Conservatory, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA Date: 2019-02-05
Location: My zone 3a garden Date: 2014-07-16
Location: In my garden Date: Nov 18, 2008 3:48 PM
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-03-14 My new beautiful kalanchoe.
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2011-12-25 Christmas Day Blooms
Location: CA Date: 4/25/2020
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2022-10-09
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Date: 2021-02-25
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-04-02 Kalanchoe at our local big box store.
Location: CA Date: 5/7/2020 They will (fully) emerge very soon! #WaitingForBloom
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2022-12-11
Photo by hlutzow
Date: 2012-11-05
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2022-03-31 New growth in spring.
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2023-03-08
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-02-18 My red single petal kalanchoe.
Location: Pennsylvania Date: 2019-12-28 Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2021-11-04
Date: 2021-08-07
Date: 2021-08-07
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Date: 2021-02-25
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2015-08-28
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2011-10-02 Foliage gets reddish tinge in high light
Location: Canoga Park, California Date: 2009-05-15
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Portland Nursery, Portland Or.
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Location: Banff, Canada | August, 2022 Date: 2022-08-07
Location: my garden Date: 2016-03-12
Location: Home Date: 2016-09-16
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Youngsville, LA Date: 2010-03-27 Christmas to Valentines Day bloomer
Location: My zone 3a garden Date: 2014-06-02
Date: 2013-12-30
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI Date: 2009-02-26
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah Date: 2011-12-03
Location: Youngsville, LA Date: 2015-05-27 By tabbycat
Date: 2012-11-28
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-04-02 Kalanchoe at big box stores.
Location: Tampa, Florida Date: 2022-04-02 Kalanchoe at the big box store.
Photo by Hamwild
Photo by Hamwild
Photo by syzone8aUK
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2015-08-28
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2015-08-28
Date: 2021-05-29 Gorgeous blooms
Location: Mysore, India Date: 2015-March This is how the flowers keep blooming for nearly 3 months. This i
Photo by Hamwild
Location: Portsmouth Nursery Date: 2012-03-17
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2015-08-30
Date: 2019-08-25
Location: Portland Nursery, Portland Or.
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Location: Portland Nursery, Portland Or.
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Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2017-12-03
Photo by purpleinopp
Date: 2014-12-29
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2014-12-17
Location: my garden Date: 2013-03-31
Location: Vladivostok, Russia Date: 2006-07-24 Christmas kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana). Called Flaming kat
Date: 2013-02-23
Date: 2013-05-12
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2021-11-04
Date: 2016-10-28
Date: 2011-11-22
Date: 2013-02-23
Date: 2016-09-09
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: Vineyard, Utah Date: 2012-04-02 At Vineyard Nursery
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2022-12-27 freeze-ruined foliage, limp stems & discolored leaves
Date: 2012-11-28
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah Date: 2011-12-03
Date: 2012-11-28
Date: 2014-01-20
Date: 2021-05-27
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin Date: 2023-05-11
Date: 2012-12-17
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2021-05-22
Date: 2011-12-03
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022 Date: 2022-09-03
Location: Bradenton, Florida Date: 2012-06-17 Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2016-04-06 New growth is emerging from older, bare trunk.
Date: 2017-10-21 This is my surviving Kalanchoe.
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2023-01-19
Date: 2013-02-13
Location: Portland Nursery, Portland Or.
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Location: Opp, AL Date: 2015-12-23
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2016-11-23
Date: 2012-10-23
Date: 2014-12-29
Location: Southwest Florida Date: winter 2009 For me this plant comes back year after year, when I trim it way
Location: Southwest Florida Date: winter 2009 Red is one of the most common colors in which this plant is found
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2014-12-17
Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: Vladivostok, Russia Date: 2006-07-24 Christmas kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana). Called Flaming kat
Location: Vladivostok, Russia Date: 2006-07-24 Christmas kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana). Called Flaming kat
Location: Vladivostok, Russia Date: 2006-07-24 Christmas kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana). Called Flaming kat
Date: 2012-01-11
Date: 2014-08-06 Two little trees are about 3 years old, planted with wax Begonia
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2015-01-02 Extended periods of insufficient light can make the leaves more r
Location: My zone 3a garden Date: 2014-05-16
Date: 2015-03-09
Date: 2015-03-09
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2016-06-22
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI Date: 2009-02-26
Date: 2016-09-14
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2015-06-17 About 2.5 months after being put in ground for temporary summer v
Location: Opp, AL Z8b Date: 2022-12-27 This was green a week ago. freeze-ruined foliage, limp stems & d
Date: 2014-01-28 Lignified trunk.
Location: Washington Park Botanical Garden - Springfield, Il. Date: 2016-03-26
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah Date: 2011-12-03
Location: Cooks Nursery, Lindon, Utah Date: 2011-12-17
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2016-02-20 Leaves are smooth on the back.
Date: 2014-01-20
Date: 2012-10-23
Location: my garden
Location: my garden Date: 2016-02-18
Date: 2013-11-16 Flower buds are starting to form again.
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2009-01-11 Winter blooms
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2014-11-21 The tips are starting to morph into flower stalks.
Date: 2021-05-22
Location: Opp, AL Date: 2014-11-21
Date: 2013-11-21
Photo Courtesy of Mountain Crest Gardens. Used with permission.
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Location: Opp, AL Date: 2014-12-30
Location: Canoga Park, California Date: 2011-03-18
Location: Canoga Park, California Date: 2012-02-07
Location: KALAMA WA
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Date: 2012-11-10
Location: United States Botanical Garden | November 2022 Date: 2022-11-26
Date: 2011-11-22
Date: 2011-11-22
Date: 2013-02-23
Date: 2012-11-10
Date: 2012-11-10
Location: Cordoba, Argentina
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI Date: 2009-02-26
Location: English Gardens, Dearborn Heights, MI Date: 2009-02-26
Location: Longwood Gardens Conservatory, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA Date: 2018-01-29
Location: Sunriver Nursery, Orem, Utah Date: 2011-12-03
Date: 2012-10-23 Kalanchoe with ferns
Location: my garden, Florida Date: 2018-06-30
Location: my garden, Florida Date: 2018-06-30
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida Date: 2015-08-28
Location: my garden, Florida Date: 2018-06-30
Date: 2012-12-17
Date: 2012-11-05
Location: Potohar, Pakistan. Date: 2013-03-05
Location: Potohar, Pakistan. Date: 2013-03-05
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Comments:
  • Posted by piksihk (Texas - Zone 9a) on Apr 2, 2013 10:32 AM concerning plant:
    These are so hardy; lovely red with dark leaves that stand out in the garden.
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  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Dec 5, 2011 9:10 PM concerning plant:
    This plant is a houseplant in my zone 5. I have found the best success of getting it to rebloom is to take a cutting and grow it under lights. The mother plant grows but is reluctant to put forth flowers.
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  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Nov 21, 2011 9:29 AM concerning plant:
    Extremely easy to root from stem or tip cuttings. Tolerant of dry indoor conditions. Available in several flower colors including yellow, red, pink, and white.
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Plant Events from our members
piksihk On March 24, 2020 Bloomed
piksihk On October 10, 2019 Obtained plant
RoseA32
piksihk On April 16, 2019 Bloomed
piksihk On March 17, 2016 Transplanted
HW front bed;
piksihk On March 12, 2016 Bloomed
piksihk On April 1, 2015 Bloomed
red blooms
theinferno On June 15, 2019 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
He wasn't looking too great.
theinferno On March 17, 2019 Maintenance performed
Fertilized with two 10-10-4 fert sticks.
theinferno On March 17, 2019 Potted up
Repotted into a 50/50 perlite/succ soil mix and a deep pot.
theinferno On March 16, 2019 Obtained plant
Superstore
ethompson92 On January 27, 2020 Obtained plant
SuperHappyCamper On September 23, 2021 Obtained plant
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Discussion Threads about this plant
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Wrong color blooms for this species. by purpleinopp Mar 11, 2017 6:41 AM 5
Your Kalanchoe by Peggy8b Sep 17, 2019 1:22 PM 1
I think this lovely plant is "regular" K. blossfeldiana by purpleinopp May 23, 2021 6:19 PM 3

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