Geranium-Red

Pelargonium × hortorum, known as zonal geraniums, are typically grown in the zones 5 and lower area as bedding or container plants where they grow in shrubby mounds to 1-3’ tall. Hybrids are available in both F1 seed varieties (single flower types that flower the first year from seed and come true from seed) and vegetative varieties (semi-double to double types that are propagated by cuttings). Flowers appear in clusters (umbels) atop long flowering stalks throughout the growing season. Flowers come in a wide range of colors, including various shades of red, purple, pink, orange and white. Rich, medium green, rounded to kidney-shaped leaves usually but not always have dark circular zonal bands which give rise to the common name. Zonal geraniums are complex hybrids which have P. zonale and P. inquinans as dominant parents.