Botanical Name: Pelargonium sidoides
Common Name: No common name
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape Rounded, mounding, spreading plant with silvery foliage and deep purplish flowers held above foliage
Height to 1'
Spread to 18"
Growth Rate slow-moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun to partial shade
Soil tolerates any well-drained soil; benefits from organic amend.
Hardiness Some frost – Zones 8, 9, 12-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves simple palmate leaves on long petioles, blade is peltate with an overall cordate shape to 1-1/2" across gray tomentose beneath
Flowers umbels of small, cerise flowers to 1/2" across; umbels are somewhat sparse but intensely colored
Fruit small capsule
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings, division
 
Usage:
low facer used for flower display and intensely contrasting foliage; us in perennial beds, mixed with shrubs and temperate climate plants, also attractive in containers
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes average watering, not especially drought tolerant
Fertilizing little needed; use balanced, slow release if required
Pruning dead head frequently
Pests/Diseases aphids, tobacco budworm
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: South Africa
Family: Geraniaceae

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