Zonal geraniums have been grown in Europe since 1632 when John Tradescant, the gardener for Charles I of England, took the plants back to Europe from their native South Africa.
Scalloped leaf edges and a brown, circular ring -- called a zone -- are the hallmarks of many P. x hortorum varieties. These hybrids are often called zonal geraniums because of the zone leaf patterns.
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Zonal Geraniums
The showy, flowering geraniums normally sold as bedding plants are members of the genus Pelargonium. These subtropical perennials are treated as annuals.
Zonal Geranium [English]: Pelargonium x hortorum 'Black Velvet Rose'
Zonal Geranium [English]: Pelargonium x hortorum 'Orbit Mix'
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Zonal geraniums or Common Geraniums (Pelargonium x hortorum) usually have distinct leaf markings. They include selections with tri-colored leaves, silver leaves, leaves with white markings and fancy-leafed geraniums.
Geranium, zonal geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum)
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Zonal geraniums, whose leaves have zones of contrasting color, bloom non-stop. Many varieties have distinctive leaves marked with white, silver, bronze and gold patterns.
Pelargonium x hortorum, Geraniaceae, ZONAL GERANIUM, SEED GERANIUM
Leaves mostly opposite, round to reniform, leaf margins scalloped. Leaves often zoned or variegated, heavy odor to bruised foliage.
While the flowers and plants are more showy and spectacular than regular zonal geraniums, they suffer severely when growing conditions are more than 60 degrees F. during the day and less than 55 degrees F. at night.
#546 Pelargonium x hortorum
Common Names: garden geranium, zonal geranium
Family: Geraniaceae (geranium Family)
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 See also: Geranium, Pink, Ivy, May, Orange
  
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