About
Quantock Marjorie' is a bushy, evergreen perennial bearing a profusion of flowers with frilled, dark-purple upper petals and white lower petals flushed pink.
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
AspectSouth-facing, West-facing, East-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 usesCottage and informal garden, Mediterranean climate plants, City and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants
Care notes
CultivationRequires frost-free conditions. Feed regularly through the growing season with a high potash 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