GERANIUM PELARGONIUM - info
PELARGONIUM = GERANIUM = GERANIUM
The species best known are:
- Pelargonium zonal: geranium Common
- Pelargonium peltatum: geranium Ivy with the barrels falling; if it is a simple flower is called geranium Parisian;
- Pelargonium grandiflorum: large flowers with five spots reddish brown;
- Pelargonium aromatic species, scented like the P. odoratissimum, P. graveolens, P. radens.
The species best known are:
- Pelargonium zonal: or geranium Common foliage with hairy, heart-shaped, with a dark spot in the centre;
- Pelargonium peltatum: or geranium Ivy with glossy leaves and fleshy, and the drums falling; it can be a simple flower (also known as the geranium in Paris) or a double flower;
- Pelargonium grandiflorum: or geranium butterfly from the elegant flowers, with five spots reddish brown and leaves deeply lobed;
- Pelargonium scented: are species that are scented such as P. odoratissimum, P. graveolens, P. radens.
Data sheet
- Light
- Sun direct
- Recommended temperature
- Greater than 15 °C
- Watering
- Wait until the earth is dry. To check, scratch and feel with your fingers well below the surface of the soil. Immerse the plant pot in a container with water, for 1/5 of its height for 3 minutes.
- Flowering season
- April May June July August September October
- Season of Availability on the market - in Bloom with forced cultivation
- April May June
- Name
- From the Greek geranos, a crane, and it is related to the shape of the fruit, which recalls the head of the bird of the marshes.
- Origin
- South Africa
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Color
- White Yellow Orange Red Pink Purple
PELARGONIUM = GERANIUM = GERANIUM
The species best known are:
- Pelargonium zonal: geranium Common
- Pelargonium peltatum: geranium Ivy with the barrels falling; if it is a simple flower is called geranium Parisian;
- Pelargonium grandiflorum: large flowers with five spots reddish brown;
- Pelargonium aromatic species, scented like the P. odoratissimum, P. graveolens, P. radens.