How to tend a Pelargonium zonale
Also known as: Pelargonium clarum Hoffmanns., Pelargonium crenatum Hoffmanns., Pelargonium crenatum Link, Pelargonium densiflorum Steud., Pelargonium amoenum hort. ex F.Dietr., Pelargonium variegatum hort. ex Steud., Pelargonium novum hort. ex Steud., Pelargonium leucanthum Hoffmanns. ex F.Dietr., Pelargonium leptopetalum Steud., Pelargonium placidum Hoffmanns., Pelargonium rosula Hoffmanns., Pelargonium stenopetalum Ehrh., Pelargonium siccifolium Hoffmanns. ex F.Dietr., Campylia variegata Sweet, Ciconium clarum Hoffmanns., Ciconium cocciniflorum Hoffmanns., Ciconium crenatum Hoffmanns., Ciconium densiflorum Eckl. & Zeyh., Ciconium leptopetalum Sweet, Ciconium leucanthum Hoffmanns., Ciconium marginatum (Cav.) Hoffmanns., Ciconium placidum Hoffmanns., Ciconium rosula Hoffmanns., Ciconium siccifolium Hoffmanns., Ciconium stenopetalum Hoffmanns., Ciconium zonale (L.) Hoffmanns., Geraniospermum zonale (L.) Kuntze, Geranium marginatum Cav., Geranium stenopetalum Andrews, Geranium zonale L., Hoarea amoena Sweet, Hoarea marginata (Cav.) Sweet, Pelargonium marginatum (Cav.) Link, Pelargonium zonale var. lacunosum Ten., Pelargonium zonale var. marginatum (Cav.) G.Don, Geranium quadricolor Verschaff., Pelargonium zonale unranked foliis-variegatis André, Pelargonium zonale var. quadricolor Rothsch., Pelargonium sanguineum Loisel.
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Water thoroughly when soil is dry, half dormant in summer, reduce water and fertilization
Sunlight
Likes light, in spring and autumn put in sunny places, in summer place in a cool ventilated place
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply 1-2 times monthly in spring and autumn
Pruning
Remove old, diseased and dead leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- Europe
- Category
- Geraniaceae, Pelargonium
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠10 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period May-July, viewing period 2-3 weeks
- Flower colors
- orange red, pink, white, with horse-shoe shape marks on leaf edges
- World Flora Online
- View on WFO