General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 1 to 2 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 3 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Other: The Pelargonium flower has a single symmetry plane (zygomorphic) which distinguishes it from the Geranium flower which is actinomorphic.
Flower Color: Pink
Purple
Red
White
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Dynamic Accumulator: Fe (Iron)
Mn (Manganese)
Zn (Zinc)
Cu (Copper)
Co (Cobalt)
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Other: take a stem cutting just below a node and remove the leaves from the bottom one or two nodes; roots will only develop from the region of a node; harden off the plants before transplanting them outdoors
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Suitable for hanging baskets
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Ivy Geranium
  • Ivy-leaf Geranium
  • Ivy-Leaved Geranium
  • Storksbill

Photo Gallery
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2023-03-04
Not sure of this variety but it's awfully pretty.
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-08-19
Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2023-03-04
Not sure of this variety but it's awfully pretty.
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2016-05-30
Don't know how the pink ones sneaked in!
Location: Maine
Date: 2023-07-03
Location: Maine
Date: 2023-07-03
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2019-02-25
Location: Barcelona, Spain | April, 2023 
Date: 2023-04-02
Location: Menton, France
Date: 2016-05-25
Overwinters without problem in the garden here
Photo by Fabian2401
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-11-12
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-12-29
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Date: 2017-09-19
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-11-12
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-11-12
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-11-12
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-11-12
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
Date: 2016-07-20
annual plants in a flower box
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Münster
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2008-06-16
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2014-12-29
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Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jan 5, 2021 4:53 PM concerning plant:
    This Pelargonium (Geranium) species comes from South Africa, as many of the genus. It is somewhat commonly planted as an annual flower in the USA. Its smooth, leathery leaves look similar to English-Ivy in shape. It makes a great hanging annual plant in pots and boxes as it droops over in habit. It is not as commonly planted or known as the more stout, upright, fuzzy, and larger Zonal Geranium.

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