Pelargonium TwoinOne Dark Red

Pelargonium TwoinOne Dark Red is an extraordinary new variety that combines the qualities of its two parents, the ivy geranium and the zonal geranium. It bears an abundance of velvety red flowers that draw attention to a compact, robust, vigorous plant. It is resistant to diseases, bad weather, and drought. It blooms from May until the first frosts. This plant is a champion for balconies!

This interspecific or hybrid geranium is a recent variety, resulting from cross-breeding between Pelargonium peltatum, the ivy geranium, and a florist's geranium called P. zonale, both of which are plants from the geranium family and are native to South Africa. TwoinOne Dark Red forms solid stems like zonal geraniums, but they are flexible and slightly creeping like ivy geraniums. These varieties bear more flowers and have a rapid growth rate. It bears vigorous vegetation that forms a 40cm (16in) clump in all directions. Its somewhat fleshy and aromatic leaves are peltate and circular. They are dark green maculated with brown. The remarkably long and abundant flowering takes place from March-April until the first frosts. The single flowers are rounded and fully open, displaying a flashy red colour.

These geraniums are generous and undemanding plants, but this variety surpasses them in vigour and robustness. It is the perfect plant to decorate pots for a large part of the year, without requiring much maintenance. However, it belongs to a new generation of more robust pelargoniums, which also make a remarkable entrance in sunny flower beds and borders. Plant them en masse to create a lasting and cheerful decoration throughout the summer season. They tolerate water shortage quite well, meaning they can be combined with garden verbenas, blue lobelias, and black or purple-leaved ipomeas (Ipomoea Illusion Midnight Lace, Ipomoea Sweet Heart 'Purple'). Create beautiful pots and hanging baskets by combining them with white or red varieties, Million Bells, variegated periwinkles, Dichondra 'Silver Falls', violets, and calibrachoas.

Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products intended for experienced gardeners. Upon receipt, repot and store them under cover (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before planting them outdoors, once the risk of frost has definitely passed.