Pelargonium Elegance Fenna - Regal Geranium

The Pelargonium Elegance 'Fenna' is a variety of florist geranium with a massive, delightful, and long-lasting flowering. Its large flowers are absolutely charming, in a candy pink colour splashed with red at the throat. The plant forms a small, upright, and bushy shrub that is adorned throughout the summer with bouquets that have exceptional longevity. Its beautiful palmate and dentate foliage releases a light geranium scent when touched. Truly a very pretty plant for ornamental containers and flower pots.

The florist pelargoniums, also known as large-flowered geraniums or pansy geraniums, are perennial hybrids from the Geraniaceae family, in a vast group called Pelargonium x domesticum, Pelargonium x grandiflorum, or Pelargonium 'Regal'. These hybrids, with their complex genealogy, are mostly derived from Pelargonium cucculatum, native to the southeastern tip of Africa, with contributions from Pelargonium diadematum and the large-flowered pelargonium, Pelargonium grandiflorum, which has bequeathed them its large corollas.

The Elegance 'Fenna' geranium forms a bushy clump with a rather upright and dense habit, medium development, reaching a height of 40 cm (16in) and a width of about 30-35 cm (12-14in). It blooms from June-July until September. The plant displays large corollas with 6 wide undulate petals arranged in a spiral, very open. They are a light and pure pink, finely veined with red at the base, adorned with a beautiful red spot. This contrasting macule gives relief to the flower while accentuating the delicacy of its colour. The flowers are gathered in rounded bouquets, well highlighted by a dense, fairly dark foliage. The strong and succulent stems of this geranium bear large palmate leaves, cut into toothed lobes, with a thick and aromatic texture. The plant, not frost-resistant, should be protected from the cold in winter.

Once reserved for balconies and terraces where they excel, pelargoniums are making a very noticeable entrance into sunny flower beds and borders. Plant them in masses to create a lasting and cheerful decoration throughout the summer. These plants tolerate water scarcity quite well, which allows them to be paired with garden verbenas, bacopas, and nemesias, for example. Create magnificent flower pots and hanging baskets by combining them with white, bright pink, or red-flowered plants, Million Bells, Dichondra 'Silver Falls', calibrachoas etc.

Note: Please be aware that our young plug plants are professional products reserved for experienced gardeners: upon receipt, transplant and store them under shelter (veranda, greenhouse, cold frame) at a temperature above 14°C (57.2°F) for a few weeks before being placed outdoors once the risk of frost has definitively passed.