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Pelargonium Galaxy Pink

Pelargonium peltatum x zonale Galaxy® Rose
Horseshoe geranium, Zonal pelargonium

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A new and truly vigorous series with excellent performance in the garden and in pots for balconies or terraces. This variety offers flowers in a very pink rose colour, the essence of pink, bright, rich, and vibrant. The plant is compact and upright, with dark green foliage spotted with brown. It flowers from May until the first frost.
Height at maturity
45 cm
Spread at maturity
45 cm
Exposure
Sun
Hardiness
Hardy down to -1°C
Soil moisture
Moist soil
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Best planting time April to May
Recommended planting time March to June
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Flowering time May to October
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Description

The Galaxy 'Pink' inter-specific Geranium dazzles us with its very bright and intense pink flowers of dense and full colour. This cultivar comes from a series with particularly vigorous growth and large semi-double flowers on dark green foliage marbled with brown. It performs excellently in the garden and on the terrace or balcony. With an upright habit, the plant is robust and shows good resistance. This Pelargonium flowers from April until the first frost.

This interspecific Geranium, or hybrid, is a recent variety resulting from the cross-breeding between a Pelargonium peltatum, the ivy-leaved geranium, and P. zonale, both plants belonging to the Geraniaceae family and originating from South Africa. It combines the qualities of its two parents. Always more floriferous and with rapid growth, Galaxy 'Pink' offers vigorous vegetation and forms a clump of 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20in) in all directions, with peltate, circular, dark green leaves maculated with brown, slightly fleshy and aromatic. The remarkably long and abundant flowering occurs from March-April until the first frost. The semi-double flowers are rounded, well-open, full, bright, and intense pink.

Always more vigorous and floriferous, florist geraniums surpass themselves from series to series. The Galaxy range offers the most vigorous varieties on the market. Generous and undemanding, it is a perfect plant for decorating pots for a large part of the year. But beyond balconies and terraces, plant them in sunny flower beds and borders. Plant them in mass to create a lasting and cheerful decoration throughout the beautiful season. These plants tolerate water scarcity quite well, allowing them to be associated with resistant annuals such as garden verbenas, cosmos, and zinnias . Dark foliage plants like morning glories are added to enhance them. In pots or hanging baskets, mix different varieties of geraniums for their varied colours, or add periwinkles, violets, Carex, or silver foliage plants like artemisias or senecios.

Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them under shelter (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame...) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before being placed outdoors once the risk of frost has definitively passed.

 

Flowering

Flower colour pink
Flowering time May to October
Inflorescence Umbel

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour dark green
Aromatic? Fragrant foliage when creased

Plant habit

Height at maturity 45 cm
Spread at maturity 45 cm
Growth rate fast

Botanical data

Genus

Pelargonium

Species

peltatum x zonale

Cultivar

Galaxy® Rose

Family

Geraniaceae

Other common names

Horseshoe geranium, Zonal pelargonium

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Planting and care

You can plant your Galaxy geraniums in the ground or a pot. If you want to plant them in the ground, wait until the last heavy frosts have passed. In the meantime, you can pre-cultivate them in a pot in a warm and bright place to accelerate their growth.
The geraniums will flower for an extended period. Plant them in a sunny location or partial shade, protected from strong winds. They need light and humus-bearing soil, but above all, it needs to be well-draining, as they tolerate a lack of water but not stagnant humidity. Do not overwater them at the beginning of the growing season, as they are sensitive to excess moisture. They tolerate drought well but need regular watering during hot summer periods. Geraniums are frost-sensitive (minimum -2°C (28.4°F)).
Very floriferous and fast-growing, they are hungry plants. We recommend feeding them with a liquid geranium fertiliser once or twice a week during growth. Remove faded flowers and dry leaves as they appear to keep them looking nice and to prolong the flowering.

Planting period

Best planting time April to May
Recommended planting time March to June

Intended location

Suitable for Meadow
Type of use Border, Edge of border, Container, Conservatory
Hardiness Hardy down to -1°C (USDA zone 10a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Planting density 5 per m2
Exposure Sun
Soil pH Any
Soil type Silty-loamy (rich and light)
Soil moisture Moist soil, light, well-drained, fertile

Care

Pruning instructions Remove faded flowers and dry leaves regularly to keep them looking good and extend the flowering period. As geraniums are frost-sensitive, they need to be stored indoors during winter. In spring, repot them before bringing them back outside.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time June to October
Disease resistance Very good
Overwinter Needs to be stored

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