January 2012 | Green Patches - Mediterranean Gardening

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Kalanchoe Marmorata in full bloom

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Kalanchoe Marmorata Flowers

Finally the three flowers have bloomed, they are such beautiful flowers.  There is a fourth one but I didn't want to wait for it before taking the picture, the others might fade away before it catches up.

My garden is living in total neglect at the moment and it seems to be enjoying the lack of attention.  We've been having so much rain I am worried (as usual) that it's too much but the plants love the rain water. 

It's certainly better than the bottled water they get in summer.  I try not to use tap water because our water is very hard and has too much chlorine and fluoride here so at the nursery they told me it's actually bad for the plants.  I do use it occasionally though, using bottled water gets expensive.  In winter though I stop watering all together, it's such a relief for them.



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Saturday, January 7, 2012

Kalanchoe Marmorata Flowers

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Kalanchoe Marmorata Flower

Another lovely addition this Winter, almost on the same day both my Kalanchoes flowered.  I have read that Kalanchoes tend to flower in Winter and I was a bit sceptic, but I'm glad I was proved wrong.  I can't wait for the other three flowers to bloom.


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Kalanchoe Flowers for Winter

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Kalanchoe Blooms in January

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Kalanchoe blooms

Well, after alot of debates whether the little blooms that have appeared in November contained seeds or flowers, the question has been answered yesterday morning.  My Kalanchoe is blooming in the middle of Winter, just as expected :)

Since I still don't know the exact type of this plant I had no idea what kind of flowers, if any, would come out.  As it turns out they are lovely small bunches of yellow.  I was also very surprised since it has been such a gloomy winter so far, lots of rain and hail storms it's a wonder it didn't kill all my plants.

It's been a wonderfull surprise but I'm also a bit sad now.  The plant seems to have reached it's full potential, I wonder if it's an annual and will now wither away.  It's such a beautiful plant.  Will just have to wait and see.
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