Pelargonium peltatum Balcon Desrumeaux

The Ivy Geranium 'Balcon Desrumeaux' offers a multitude of single and bicolored flowers, bright pink with a white eye. They are borne on strong, graceful stems from May to November. It forms generous cascades of flowers, ideal for decorating hanging baskets or pots, alone or mixed with different colours.

Ivy geraniums are descended from Pelargonium peltatum, a plant from the Geraniaceae family native to the coast of the Cape Province in South Africa. This species has the particularity of forming creeping or spreading stems, with foliage resembling that of ivy. The hybrids that we know as ivy geraniums show the same trailing habit with more prolific flowering. The 'Balcon Desrumeaux' variety, much more floriferous, is fast-growing and compact, forming a round and trailing mound, 20 cm (7.9 in) tall, composed of numerous flexible stems covered with bright green foliage with five pointed lobes, whose leaves are umbrella-shaped, circular, slightly fleshy and aromatic. The remarkably long and abundant flowering season starts in from May and finishes with the first frost. The single flowers are composed of 5 narrow petals. The two upper petals are fused at the base and the three lower petals are smaller.

Ivy-leaved geraniums are generous, undemanding plants, ideal for adorning pots for most of the year. They cascade down from window boxes and balconies, their single flowers creating round, colourful masses that mix with each other or set off other plants, whether they are trailing like purple or chocolate-leaved ipomoeas  (Ipomoea 'Illusion Midnight Lace', Ipomoea 'Sweet Heart Purple') or upright like zonal pelargoniums, petunias, gauras or fuchsias. Balcon Desrumeaux' brings much-needed colour to flower arrangements, where it enhances the plain, softer colours of its neighbours.

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