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Pelargonium Galaxy White

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

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A new series of hybrid Geraniums, Galaxy, is known as the most vigorous on the market. This cultivar produces semi-double flowers, which are abundant throughout the season on the plant, from April until the first frost. The dark green foliage is marbled with brown. Suitable for balconies, patios, and garden beds or borders.
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 'White' Inter-Specific Geranium is a cultivar from a particularly vigorous series of large semi-double flowers. It offers excellent performance in the garden as well as on the terrace or balcony. 'White' produces pure white and bright flowers, barely maculated with an orange spot in the center, on dark green foliage marbled with brown. The plant has an upright habit and is robust and highly resistant. This Pelargonium flowers from April until the first frosts.

This inter-specific geranium, or hybrid, is a recent variety resulting from the cross-breeding between a Pelargonium peltatum, the ivy-leaf geranium, and a P. zonale, which are both plants from the geranium family native to South Africa. It combines the qualities of both parents. Always more floriferous and with rapid growth, Galaxy 'White' offers vigorous vegetation and forms a 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20in) clump 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 to April until the first frost. The semi-double flowers are rounded and well open, of pure white.

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

Note: Attention, our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame...) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before being installed outdoors once the risk of frost is definitively eliminated.

 

 

Flowering

Flower colour white
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® White

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 as you go to keep them looking good and extend the flowering. As geraniums are frost-sensitive, they must be stored away in winter; in spring, repot them before bringing them back out.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time June to October
Disease resistance Very good
Overwinter Needs to be stored

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