General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Flowers: Showy
Other: The Pelargonium flower has a single symmetry plane (zygomorphic) which distinguishes it from the Geranium flower which is actinomorphic.
Flower Color: Brown
Red
Other: orange red flowers with dark brown blotches
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Dynamic Accumulator: Fe (Iron)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Co (Cobalt)
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Other: take a stem cutting just below a node and remove the leaves from the bottom one or two nodes; roots will only develop from the region of a node; harden off the plants before transplanting them outdoors
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Parentage: Pelargonium lobatum x Pelargonium fulgidum

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Common names
  • Pelargonium
  • Storksbill

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Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2014-05-23
Location: Scampston Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-30
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2014-05-21
Location: Jardin Exotique & Botanique  Roscoff, Brittany, France
Date: 2023-08-29
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2014-05-23
Side view of the flowers
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2008-04-24

photo credit: Dinkum
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2015-03-20
Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2015-03-20
Flowerbuds
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Stunning! by pixie62560 Feb 24, 2015 12:47 AM 1

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