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• All PELARGONIUM ORDERS NOW
WE HAVE NOW STOPPED TAKING PELARGONIUM CUTTINGS FOR THIS SEASONS MAIL ORDER. HOWEVER, YOU CAN STILL ORDER FOR THE AUTUMN DESPATCH AT THE END OCTOBER/BEGINNING NOVEMBER 2010.
• Angel
Angel Pelargoniums make attractive, bushy plants having small round leaves and pansy or viola like flowers. They always flower in profusion and can be grown as a pot plant or in hanging baskets and are very successful on the show bench. They can also be used outside as summer bedding either by themselves or as mixed planting. Angels are easy to overwinter requiring minimum frost free conditions and good light. Feed with a high potash feed during the growing season and deadhead regularly.
• Decorative
A lot of these varieties date back to Victorian times although there are modern varieties as well. The plant type in this group is very varied which makes them interesting and worthwhile growing, with various flower forms in a wide range of colours. They make excellent pot plants for growing in conservatories. They can also be grown as specimen plants. They are invaluable for summer container growing as no matter what the shape or size of your container there will be a Decorative to fill it.
• Double Zonal
Double Zonal Pelargoniums originated from crossing P. zonale with P. inquinans and is probably the most popular and widely grown Pelargonium in the world. The double form was a spontaneous sport occurring in the 19th century. They have a wide range of garden uses - pots and containers, traditional bedding, houseplants, conservatories and the show bench. The range of colours and plant shapes and size is infinite. They are easy to propagate and quick to grow making them still as popular today as they have ever been.
• Dwarf
Double Zonal Pelargoniums originated from crossing P. zonale with P. inquinans and is probably the most popular and widely grown Pelargonium in the world. The double form was a spontaneous sport occurring in the 19th century. They have a wide range of garden uses - pots and containers, traditional bedding, houseplants, conservatories and the show bench. The range of colours and plant shapes and size is infinite. They are easy to propagate and quick to grow making them still as popular today as they have ever been.
• Dwarf Regal
There are only a small amount of ‘true’ Dwarf Regal Pelargoniums. As the name suggests they are compact with leaves and flowers in proportion. They are slow growing and always look better in the smallest pot in proportion to their size.
• Dwarf Stellar
As with their cousins the Dwarf Zonal Pelargonium, the Dwarf Stellar Pelargoniums are neat and compact with a great abundance of flowers as with the larger Stellar. They make an outstanding flowering pot plant for whatever your requirements, be it the show bench or your own personal garden use.
• Ivy-Leaved
Ivy-Leaved Pelargoniums originate from P. peltatum, and are so called because they have the characteristic trailing form of ivy. The leaves are generally glossy in appearance and the trailing habit can be anywhere from 15 cms – 2 metres all according to the variety. Ideally suited to hanging baskets or anywhere that requires a plant with a trailing habit. As it is a perennial, it is far more tolerant in summer bedding schemes than many of the usual bedding plants. It also has an extended flowering season much longer than annual summer bedding.
• Miniature Zonal
Miniature Pelargoniums are the smallest of all the zonal types. They do not usually exceed 12 cms. in height, although the flowers grow taller than the plant but in proportion. They originated from a variety called Red Black Vesuvius which has darkest green foliage and this still features in the majority of varieties today. They come in as many different shades and colours as the larger Zonal Pelargoniums, but with their compact habit, they make wonderful windowsill plants and you can grow many more in the same space as other plants.
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• Regal
Regal Pelargoniums are the other large group in the pelargonium family. They are quite different to the zonal types. They have some of the most colourful flowers in this genus of plants, truly everything from black to white. They make excellent plants for the amateur to grow, as they require only frost free conditions in the winter. The low light and short day conditions actually help to grow a good plant without budding prematurely. They are some of the earliest Pelargoniums to flower in the spring and with regular feeds of high potash they will flower all summer either as a pot plant in the house or glasshouse or in a container in a summer garden display.
• Rosebud
The Rosebud Pelargonium appeared by spontaneous mutation around 1850 and was very popular for buttonholes and posies. With their very tight flower buds, we find they flower at their best in sunny but airy conditions with plentiful application of high potash feed throughout the summer.
• Scented-Leaved
Scented-Leaved Pelargoniums have attractive leaves which are perfumed with agreeable and interesting scents. They bloom in spring and early summer usually with smaller flowers than some of the other hybrids but as they grow in profusion this adds to their charm. There are many different shapes and sizes of plants which makes this group fascinating to grow. They propagate easily from cuttings and can be grown as decorative pot plants inside or outside in the summer. They respond very well to regular feeds of high potash during the growing season.
• Single Zonal
All Single Zonal Pelargoniums have five petals in a floret, these are arranged in a cluster to form a flowering head. There are a huge variety of colours. With their simple flower form, they seem to have the ability to flower all the year round given the right frost free conditions. This makes them ideal plants for conservatories and sunrooms, etc. They are also very free flowering as summer bedding.
• Species Hybrids
The Species Hybrid Pelargoniums are bred from the pure species making them a very individual group of plants. Some date back to the 18th century and others are right up-to-date making each one different in its own right.
• Species Pelargoniums
Pelargonium Species are native to South Africa, where they grow from the seashore to the more mountainous regions, because of this each one is as different and diverse as the areas they grow naturally in. When grown in your own garden environment, given their individual requirements, they will thrive making them interesting and unusual plants to grow.
• Stellar
Stellar Pelargoniums were bred as recently as the 1970’s in Australia, and therefore makes this one of the newest introductions in the Pelargonium range. With their enchanting flowers and foliage they are quite different from anything that came before. Their range of flower shapes and colours are many and various. The flowering ability is staggering, some plants having as many as twenty blooms on a modest plant. They flower for an extended time often being the first to start flowering and the last to finish. With their delicate appearance, which belies their true nature, being tough and resilient, their use in pots and containers or as summer bedding gives a more delicate appearance than other pelargonium types.
• Unique
The Unique Pelargoniums are very similar to the Scented Leaved Pelargoniums but with more attractive flowers both in colour and form. Many of them have been around since the beginning of the 19th century. When they were used as early type bedding plants. They respond to the type of cultivation where you are able to keep an older plant from year to year, as they seem to flower better on old wood. To keep the plant in good shape prune by half each year and feed copiously with high potash feed during the growing season.
• Variegated and Coloured-Leaved
The Fancy-Leaved Pelargoniums have some of the most colourful foliage in plant cultivation. The combination of leaf and flower seem endless. Silver and bronze leaf varieties appeared as spontaneous mutations in the 19th century. Combinations of these were used by hybridisers which resulted in the tri-colours with their remarkable coloured foliage. They are slower growing than the green leaved varieties and they will require a little extra heat in the winter combined with good light to ensure success.
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