About
A compact, bushy perennial with small, evergreen leaves. Flowers borne from late spring into early autumn have deep purple-red upper petals edged with pale pink and lower petals that are a pale pink to white colour with darker pink veins.
About the genus
Pelargonium can be perennials, sub-shrubs or shrubs, sometimes succulent and mostly evergreen, with palmately lobed or pinnately divided leaves and clusters of slightly irregular, 5-petalled flowers
Growing conditions
SunlightFull sun
Soil typeLoam
Soil pHAlkaline, Neutral
Soil moistureWell-drained
AspectEast-facing, South-facing, West-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH1C
Plant details
Plant typeConservatory Greenhouse, Bedding
HabitBushy
FoliageEvergreen
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Time to full height1-2 years
Suggested usesCottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Mediterranean climate plants, City and courtyard gardens
Care notes
CultivationRequires frost-free conditions. Feed regularly through the growing season with a high potassium fertiliser to encourage flowering. See pelargonium cultivation
PruningDeadhead regularly
PropagationPropagate from softwood cuttings of non-flowering shoots in spring and summer
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to aphids, particularly in spring
Disease resistanceMay be susceptible to Pelargonium rust and a Pelargonium virus