Purple Kalanchoe Plant. Kalanchoe flowers are usually brightly colored mostly in shades of yellow red orange or purple. Large oval blue green leaves with scalloped edges and spectacular purple markings.
Stems are simple or with few branches woody at the base purple or slightly glaucous and up to 8 inches 20 cm long. The genus kalanchoe includes more than 100 species of plants but only a few are regularly seen in cultivation. Select a clay pot between 4 inches and 8 inches wide and 6 inches deep with a good drainage.
Kalanchoe ˌ k æ l ə ŋ ˈ k oʊ.
Kalanchoe appreciates well draining soil and does quite well in it. Kalanchoe appreciates well draining soil and does quite well in it. Fill it with a commercial potting soil mix alternately you can either use sand or a mixture of 60 of peat moss and 40 perlite. A stunning plant with pale green leaves flecked with crimson and irregularly notched margins.