Kalanchoe Bordeaux. Kalanchoe collin co wee an evergreen plant native to tropical madagascar is a common houseplant grown for its attractive numerous clusters of colourful flowers. Kalanchoe bordeaux occupying a sunny locale in your landscape will have you thinking of southwest france the dusky red burgundy leaves bringing to mind a certain famous wine blend the color of this fast growing clustering succulent s toothed foliage intensifies with more sun.
How to care for your kalanchoe plant. Kalanchoe is a genus of succulent flowering plants in the family crassulaceae. Most of the species interesting to collectors are coming from madagascar or south africa.
Kalanchoe bordeaux produces leaves with variably dentate margins and occasionally produces cristate stems.
The tallest kalanchoe is velvet leaf kalanchoe kalanchoe beharensis which reaches 12 to 20 feet tall under ideal growing conditions in usda zones 11 and 12. Kalanchoe bordeaux branches freely quickly forming full canopies. Usual height as a houseplant is 3 to. Most of the species interesting to collectors are coming from madagascar or south africa.