I bought a kalanchoe and transplanted it in the front yard where it has done well but stopped blooming. What can I do to encourage more flowers?
Keep up the good care and your plant should be in bloom for the Christmas holiday. The kalanchoe is what horticulturists call a short-day plant. This means it initiates flower buds when the days begin to shorten during the fall. Flowers in this group include Chrysanthemum, holiday cactus and poinsettia. Kalanchoes stop flowering during mid to late spring when the days become longer again. You may notice plants flowering on the market at this time, but they have been tricked into bloom. Black cloths were pulled around them during the afternoon. Flower buds begin forming naturally during mid- to late October.
