Pelargonium 'Calliope Big Red' (Calliope Big Series)
Pelargonium 'Calliope Big Red' (Interspecific)
Pelargoniums are popular plants often seen in bedding schemes or in summer hanging baskets. They are mostly shrubby perennials requiring a sunny position and frost free conditions. There are four main groups, 'ivy leaved', with an attractive trailing habit, 'scented leaved' with pleasant aromatic flowers, 'regal' with large, richly coloured flowers and 'zonal' which have leaves with a band of contrasting colour. 'Calliope Big Red' (or 'Big Red' or 'Large Red' as it is sometimes sold as) is an interspecific hybrid between a ivy-leaved pelargonium and a zonal leaf pelargonium. It has rich red flowers and green leaves.
Contributed by @pumpkin74
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Full sun
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Very little water
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining
Common name
Pelargonium 'Calliope Big Red' (Interspecific)
Latin name
Pelargonium 'Calliope Big Red' (Calliope Big Series)
type
Flowering plant
family
Geraniaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.20 M
0.30 M
Pelargonium 'Calliope Big Red' (Calliope Big Series)
Pelargoniums are popular plants often seen in bedding schemes or in summer hanging baskets. They are mostly shrubby perennials requiring a sunny position and frost free conditions. There are four main groups, 'ivy leaved', with an attractive trailing habit, 'scented leaved' with pleasant aromatic flowers, 'regal' with large, richly coloured flowers and 'zonal' which have leaves with a band of contrasting colour. 'Calliope Big Red' (or 'Big Red' or 'Large Red' as it is sometimes sold as) is an interspecific hybrid between a ivy-leaved pelargonium and a zonal leaf pelargonium. It has rich red flowers and green leaves.
Planting Outdoors Spring
From Late Spring TO Early Summer
Plant out pelargoniums from late Spring onwards in bedding schemes, setting them in ordinary well-drained garden soil and in full sun.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Summer TO Late Summer
Take 3 inch long tip cuttings in mid-Summer for standards, in late Summer for large bush types. Smaller plants can be obtained from cuttings taken from the over-wintered plants in early spring. Insert individually into 2.5 inch pots of peat and sand (equal parts) or seed compost. Leave on a greenhouse bench covered with paper for 7 - 10 days. When rooted, pot on as necessary.
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