FREE: Three cuttings: Kalanchoe Marnieriana

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This is one of my favorite succulents! The color is a gorgeous silver blue with pink edges on nearly round, stacked leaves. It's beautiful in a hanging pot, or planted in an an arrangement with other succulents.

This kalanchoe is a sub-shrub from Madagascar, and as such, doesn't tolerate freezing temperatures. It likes full sun to shade, though I'd be careful about leaving it in the sun all day in the hottest part of the summer. I grow mine in a pot on the porch where it gets morning and late afternoon sun.

As you can see from the pics, this plant sends out pretty pink adventitious roots, looking for soil to spread into. If you live in a temperate/tropical growing zone, you can plant it outside and it will spread to make a beautiful small shrub. It sends out new shoots where leaves fall off, and the leaves themselves will even make babies! How cool is that? It's a relatively fast grower and produces rose/red tubular flowers in the spring.

The cuttings I will send are the three in the first photo; the parent plant is shown in subsequent photos. They all have roots ready for planting, just throw the stems in some soil! As with all succulents, I recommend adding extra perlite/pumice to a standard potting mix so the roots don't stay wet. These need very little water once established, though I do give a bit more during blooming season.