About
This bushy, tender, evergreen perennial to 50cm tall and wide with rounded and lobed leaves that are a dark reddish-brown with a green margin. Single orange-red flowers are borne in clusters from summer into autumn.
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
AspectWest-facing, East-facing, South-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH1C
Plant details
Plant typeBedding, Conservatory Greenhouse
HabitBushy
FoliageEvergreen
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Time to full height1-2 years
Suggested usesCity and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants, Mediterranean climate plants
Care notes
CultivationRequires frost-free conditions and good light. Feed plants with a high potassium fertiliser during the growing season to promote flowering. See pelargonium cultivation
PruningDeadhead regularly. Cut back hard if overwintering old plants indoors
PropagationPropagate by softwood cuttings of non-flowering shoots in spring or summer
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to glasshouse pests such as aphids and glasshouse whitefly in spring
Disease resistanceMay be susceptible to grey moulds, pelargonium rust and Pelargonium viruses