The leaves of geraniums are long, palmately cleft and broadly circular in form. Most plants that many people commonly call geraniums, including several varieties such as the zonals, ivy-leaved and scented-leaved are in reality pelargoniums. Pelargoniums are a genus of flowering plants that include as many as species. Hence, why pelargoniums were also referred to as storksbill by the early enthusiasts.
Pelargonium flower heads feature clusters with flowers that open from the center outwards. The leaves of zonal pelargoniums are typically thick and fleshly and may range in shape from round to lobed. Sometimes the leaves present a typically darker horse-shoe pattern. The leaves of the ivy-leaved variety resemble ivy and have a waxy layer for better drought tolerance.
Both geraniums and pelargonims belong to the family Geraniaceae which comprises species including five genera under the form of herbs or subshrubs. The most important genera include Geranium species , Pelargonium species and Erodium 80 species. They are particularly good for conservatories or as single specimen plants on the patio.
Stellar pelargoniums were first bred in the s in Australia and have been improved ever since. Many have been around since the beginning of the 19th century. To keep the plant bushy, prune back by half in spring. This charming hardy climber creates a canopy of glossy green foliage, which in summer is strewn with flat white panicles of flowers on long stems.
Add colour to your garden this winter, select from pansy 'Colourburst', 'Grande Fragrance', wallflower 'Wizard' and viola 'Valentino'. A superb evergreen bearing delicate, waxy, bell-shaped flowers in the depths of winter, with lush green foliage for year-round interest. Home Plants Geranium pelargonium types explained. Zonal geranium with red flowers.
Hi hope you can help me. Generally I am very successful with geraniums but I have a love bushy pelargonium but not flowering. Any hints? There are many, many species of pelargonium, not all of which are heavy bloomers. Try increasing the amount of sun and cutting back on fertilizer. California nurseries. I guess because they are less hardy. Why have the asymmetrical flowers been bred out of them? Wish they could be bred to be hardier. I get the point about symmetric and asymmetric flowers — but lots of plants have very complex flowers.
Email Address. Your zonal geranium is really a zonal pelargonium Pelargonium x hortorum. This is Geranium sanguineum , a true geranium. To Beak or Not to Beak? Both geraniums and pelargoniums have a similar long, narrow, beaklike seed capsule. Tender plants not cold resistant ; Grown as annuals or brought indoors for the winter; Most have sturdy stems, often upright, that survive from one year to the next; Originally, pelargoniums had asymmetrical flowers, but that trait has been bred out of many of them.
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