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Large Flower Pelargonium

Pelargonium grandiflorum

Also called English Storksbill, Large Flowered Pelargonium, Largeflower Storksbill, Regal Pelargonium, Regal Storksbill

Large Flower Pelargonium
Photo: Guérin Nicolas (messages) 20:12, 25 September 2008 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0

Large Flower Pelargonium is a South African subshrub from the Cape, grown for its large, showy flowers and often seen as the parent of regal pelargoniums. Give it bright light, good drainage, and a cool rest period in winter.

Family
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the potting mix is dry, and let it dry out somewhat between waterings, especially in winter.
Soil
Well-drained potting mix with grit or perlite
Temperature
10–24 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Pelargonium grandiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa. It may be a parent of the cultivated Pelargonium × domesticum (regal pelargonium) with Pelargonium cucullatum.

Other Pelargonium plants

Sorrel Leaf Pelargonium · Hooded crane's bill · Sweet scented geranium · Zonal geranium · Scarlet geranium · Butterfly Storksbill · Hanging geranium · Rasp-leaf pelargonium · Black Pelargonium · Night Scent Pelargonium · Grapeleaf geranium · Geranium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pelargonium grandiflorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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