Scientific Name: Pelargonium x hortorum
Common Name: zonal geranium, bedding geranium, hybrid geranium
Family Name: Geraniaceae
Origin: Africa, Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Plant Type: Annual
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Dense
Form: Round
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Orbicular, Crenate, Pinnately lobed
Flowers: Umbel, White, Orange, Violet, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Schizocarp, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Annual bedding plant; stem mildly fuzzy; leaves round, lily pad-like, dark to bright green; inflorescence of various colours in umbels with 5 petals per floret.