Pelargonium hortorum Flower Fairy Velvet

What would our windowsills, balconies, summer beds and borders be without <strong><a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/annuals/plug-plants-annuals/annuals-by-variety/pelargonium-geranium.html">Pelargonium</a>, more commonly called geranium?</strong> Unlike its cousin the hardy geranium, <strong>Pelargonium is a non-hardy plant</strong>, tender, generally <strong>grown as an annual</strong> unless brought indoors over winter to avoid frost. Growing it in open ground is only possible in our mildest regions. That matters not! It offers a wide <strong>diversity of shapes, colours, textures and scents</strong>, enough to spark <strong>acute collection-itis!</strong> <img class="size-full wp-image-59148 aligncenter" src="https://www.promessedefleurs.com/blogwp/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/pelargonium2.jpg" alt="geranium" width="1172" height="780" /> Pelargonium comes in many varieties such as <strong>Pelargonium zonale</strong> with velvety leaves marked by a darker zone, the <strong>ivy geranium</strong> (<em>Pelargonium peltatum</em>) <strong>“king of balconies”</strong>, which forms flowering cascades all summer, the <strong>florist’s pelargonium</strong> with large flowers or the <a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/annuals/plug-plants-annuals/annuals-by-variety/pelargonium-geranium/scented-geranium.html">scented pelargonium</a> such as <strong>geranium rosat</strong> (<em>Pelargonium graveolens</em>) whose foliage, rich in essential oils, <strong>gives off varied fragrances</strong> of rose, lemon, mint or even chocolate depending on cultivar, and is said to repel mosquitoes. If leaves of scented pelargonium are edible, its root is also used in herbal medicine for its <strong>cleansing benefits</strong>. It boasts a <strong>long, generous flowering</strong> period of six months of year (or longer if kept warm over winter), ranging <strong>from pure white to the most dazzling red</strong>, until first autumn frosts bring it to a halt. Sometimes <strong>elegant, sometimes almost gaudy</strong>, it thrives <strong>in all gardens</strong> whatever their style: <strong>in beds</strong>, <strong>borders</strong>, <strong>rockeries</strong>, <strong>containers and hanging baskets</strong>. Always beautiful whatever the weather, geranium flowers <strong>need only sun and some regular watering</strong>. From care to <strong>pruning</strong>, discover our advice and fall for <a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/annuals/plug-plants-annuals/annuals-by-variety/pelargonium-geranium.html">our exceptional collection of pelargoniums</a> in mini plugs or for <a href="https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/annuals/flower-seeds/flower-seeds-by-variety/geranium-seeds.html">our geranium seeds</a> so easy to sow! So why resist?