Pelargonium tetragonum
Pelargonium (Species) Square Stalked Pelargonium
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. Pelargonium tetragonum is a species pelargonium native to south west Cape Province. It has almost leafless stems, and where there are leaves they are fleshy and palm shaped, and occasionally with red markings. It produces creamy pink flowers, with just four petals in total with the top petals being significantly larger than the bottom two.
Contributed by @amosity
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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 (Species) Square Stalked Pelargonium
Latin name
Pelargonium tetragonum
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
0.60 M
2.00 M
Pelargonium tetragonum
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. Pelargonium tetragonum is a species pelargonium native to south west Cape Province. It has almost leafless stems, and where there are leaves they are fleshy and palm shaped, and occasionally with red markings. It produces creamy pink flowers, with just four petals in total with the top petals being significantly larger than the bottom two.
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 Mid Autumn
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.
amosity
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