Scientific Name: Pelargonium x domesticum
Common Name: pelargonium, regal geranium
Family Name: Geraniaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Annual, Flowering pot plant
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Distinctive smell, Ovate, Incised
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, Violet, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Achene, Schizocarp, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves rounded, heart- to kidney-shaped, irregularly toothed and crinkled margins; florets in simple umbels.