Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants which includes about 200 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly known as geraniums (in the United States also storksbills). Confusingly, Geranium is the correct botanical name of a separate genus of related plants often called cranesbills or hardy geraniums. Both genera belong to the family Geraniaceae.
Linnaeus originally included all the species in one genus, Geranium, but they were later separated into two genera by Charles L’Héritier in 1789. Pelargonium species are evergreen perennials indigenous to Southern Africa, and are drought and heat tolerant, but can tolerate only minor frosts. They are extremely popular garden plants, grown as bedding plants in temperate regions.
Regal (Royal, French) varieties or Pelargonium × domesticum are mainly derived from P. cucullatum and P. grandiflorum. They have woody stems, wrinkled leaves and pointed lobes, and are mainly grown in greenhouses.
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ReplyDeleteGreat post. I had no idea of the Latin name for geraniums until last year!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blooms and the color is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous! A burst of birght colour!
ReplyDeleteThank you for featuring Geraniums, my all time favourite flower. Loved by me for all the colours and especially their hardiness. I overwinter my container of them and they stay alive even in low winter light, and I put them outside in late spring to bloom again in the sun. The best in my book.
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