Pelargonium x hortorum /Garden Geranium

Red flowers and emerging blooms on plant growing near Seattle, WA
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Scientific Name:	Pelargonium x hortorum
Common Name:	Garden Geranium
Plant Type:	Evergreen
Leaf Type:	Broadleaf
Hardiness Zone:	9, 10 Determine Your Zone
Height:	1-2 feet
Spread:	1-2 feet
Bloom time:	Spring, Summer, Fall
Fruit color:	Various
Light Exposure:	Part Sun
Drainage:	Well drained, Moist,
Rate of Growth:	Moderate
Water Requirement:	Medium
Maintenance Level:	Low
Susceptible to insects and diseases:	Yes

Comments:	Geraniums are popular for their wide range of brilliant flower colors and attractive leaves. Treated as annuals in most of the country where they are winter killed. Used as annual bedding plants, in hanging baskets, in pots and in window boxes. They flower during the warm months. However, when daily temperature exceeds 85 degrees F. for many days, flowering will not occur. This happens in the deep south, but flowering will return as temperatures moderate in the fall. Geraniums like sunlight for a minimum of four hours per day, a well drained, moist, and fertile soil. Bacterial leaf diseases can be a problem.