Flaming Kathchen as a cut flower

The persistent splendor of succulent flower beauties

While some other beauties of flowers only unfold their splendor for a few days a year, the Flaming Käthchen is a true permanent bloomer. Another reason for the popularity of the Kalanchoe blossfeldiana as an indoor and seasonal one Balcony plant is the relatively easy one care. Even in midsummer, the succulent plant usually only needs to be watered once a week, Fertilizers are sometimes not necessary at all when repotting in fresh succulent substrate every year. Even as cut flowers in a water glass, the flowers of the Flaming Käthchen keep much longer than many other cut flowers. You can enjoy a colorful bouquet of different cultivars for up to three weeks, with a change of water in the vase only about once a week.

Combine bouquet and care cut

In a sufficiently bright location, the Flaming Käthchen can reach considerable heights over time. Therefore, for a more compact growth habit, it can make sense for the plants to be quite vigorous once a year

cut back. The combination with the production of attractive bouquets makes perfect sense with the Flaming Käthchen:

• the plant gets more light again at the base
• the formation of new shoots is stimulated
• fresh shoots can grow before the winter rest phase
• the flower buds for the following season can be formed in winter

Of course, when cutting the plants, the maintenance and shape aspect should ideally take precedence and the cuts on the shoots should be made accordingly. In another cut, the different flower stalks can then be shortened to the same length for the vase.

Successfully stimulate the Flaming Käthchen to flower

Difficulty with a renewed Flower formation can actually be solved very easily with the Flaming Käthchen. After all, this short-day plant just needs about 6 weeks of rest in winter with around 14 hours of darkness. Since even artificial light can cause the flowers to fail to appear in the following year, the Flaming Käthchen must be in a relatively dark room with absolute darkness during the night hours overwintered will.