Botanical Name: Pelargonium ‘Vancouver Centennial’
Common Name: No common name
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, compact plant with star-shaped, brightly colored foliage with coral colored flowers held above
Height to 18"
Spread to 18"
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil required good drainage
Hardiness hardy: zones 8,9, 12-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves simple palmate leaves to 3" across with deeply cut, angular lobes; center has large maroon splotch with a chartreuse margin
Flowers terminal umbels of coral-colored flowers to 1/2" across
Fruit small capsule
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings
 
Usage:
novelty plant for containers or beds, used for colored foliage more than flowers; good contrast to darker green plants in a perennial border
 
Landscape Care:
Watering needs regular watering; not drought tolerant
Fertilizing balanced fertilizer in spring
Pruning pinch regularly to induce bushiness
Pests/Diseases tobacco budworm, aphids, spider mites
Special Conditions/Other this variety is in a group of ‘stellar’ geraniums
 
Origin: hybrid
Family: Geraniaceae

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