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Scientific Name: | Pelargonium spp. |
Common Name: | geranium |
Family Name: | Geraniaceae |
Origin: | Africa |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
Plant Type: | Annual |
Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
Habit: | Pendulous, Spreading |
Form: | Mounded, Weeping |
Texture: | Medium - coarse |
Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Hanging basket |
Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Succulent, Glabrous, Orbicular, Pinnately lobed |
Flowers: | Umbel, White, Violet, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
Fruit: | Achene, Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
Key ID Features: | |
Locally grown as bedding or container plants mostly <30 tall, stems succulent or swollen; leaves alternate, most simple and lobed, petiole long; inflorescence umbel-like, florets with 10 stamens, 5 sepals, 5 petals (the 2 upper ones larger then the tree lower ones). |