Although kalanchoe is typically grown as a houseplant, it can also be planted successfully outside in warm regions. The kalanchoe is commonly grown as a ground cover or planted in rock gardens for a ...

Looking for a cheery little flowering plant to brighten up your windowsill? Maybe you’d like to add some color to your grouping of leafy green potted plants. Or perhaps you’d like a pretty little ...

Question: We have two kalanchoe plants of different colors. Will they keep blooming year-round and what care is needed? Answer: Expect your kalanchoe plants to continue flowering through mid-spring.

For years, I was dismissed as a rube for getting it wrong (“It’s Kal-an-CO-ee,” prissy hoity horts would say, with a superior smirk.) Yet others aren’t so particular. Sonia Day is a freelance ...

Dear Roger: I have collected several colors of kalanchoe plants. I cannot resist them in the stores. They grow like gangbusters, but they never bloom again after the first year. Is there a secret to ...

Question. Geraniums are one of our favorite flowering plants, but we are not always successful. Is it better to grow them in the ground or in containers? Answer. Considering Florida’s variable winters ...

Kalanchoe is a strange name thought to be derived from a Chinese word. Nearly 150 species of Kalanchoe – pronounced Kay-lan-KO-ee – are native from Madagascar to Arabia and India. Most are succulent, ...

Back in the spring I bought a ­kalanchoe plant which flowered continually for four months. It is in a pot in my garden and already has next year’s new leaves and buds. Will it survive the winter or ...