Pelargonium x domesticum (regal geraniums)




Pelargonium x domesticum (Regal Geraniums)

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Pronunciation: pell-are-GOE-nee-um ex doe-MESS-tih-kum
pedol1.jpgFamily: Geraniaceae
Plant type: Annual, Flowering pot plant
Zone: 10
Origin: Africa
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Mature size
  Height: 40-70 cm
  Spread: 60-100 cm
Form: Oval, vertical
Texture: medium
Habit: upright
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Leaves
Arrangement: lobed, simple, alternate
Shape: ovate
Size: 7cm wide x 13 cm long
Margin: incised
Characteristics: soft flexible, distinctive smell, acute
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: flowers solitary
Colour: showy, white, violet, pink, red, dark red, magenta
Size: >7.5 cm
Time: May, June, July, August, September
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Stem
pedol2.jpgColour: green
Description: smooth, herbaceous
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Fruit type: insignificant
Colour: brown
Time: October
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Exposure - Full sun
Preferred soil - well drained
Landscape uses - Bedding plant, container planting, indoor plant
Propagation - stem tip cuttings
Comments - cool temp treatment required for flower initiation, this limits its use as an outdoor annual, primarily used as a flowering house plant 

Pests - Root rot, thrips

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