Pelargonium Raspberry Ripple - F1 seeds

This Pelargonium or garden geranium, Raspberry Ripple is a perennial plant grown as an annual. It forms a small, compact bush with round, dark green, marbled foliage, which is covered for a very long period by very original salmon pink flowers, dotted with red. Ideal for pots and hanging baskets, this plant will fit well in sunny flower beds, in light, well-drained, and fertile soil. Sow indoors in warm conditions, and transplant into pots as soon as they sprout.

Hybrid zonal pelargoniums are plants from the geranium family, derived from various varieties including Pelargonium inquinans, native to the southeastern tip of Africa, Pelargonium zonale, and Pelargonium frutetorum. The Raspberry Ripple variety forms a small, compact bush, 35 cm (14in) high and 30 cm (12in) wide with succulent stems ranging from green to light brown and covered with circular to kidney-shaped, wavy green leaves, with distinct darker markings. From June to October, the refined and original, single flowers are massed along the stems and gathered in round, salmon-pink clusters, entirely splashed and dotted with red.

Once reserved for balconies and terraces, pelargoniums are becoming popular in sunny flower beds and borders. The advantage of growing from seed is that you can obtain many plants at a low cost, to be planted en masse and create a long-lasting and cheerful decoration throughout summer. These plants tolerate drought quite well, which allows them to be grown with garden verbenas, lobelias with incredible blues and black or purple-leaved morning glories (Ipomoea Illusion Midnight Lace, Ipomoea Sweet Heart Purple).