| Description | A duel purpose plant. Grown outdoors during the summer and can be grown as an indoor plant during the winter. |
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| Pronunciation | (pel-ar-GO-ni-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Sunlight | Prefers to be grown in an east exposure . They do not like the full blazing sun all day. During the colder months when grown indoors, give the plants a bright cool window. If the leaves get pale, this means to much light. |
| Moisture | evenly moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | Prefers to be kept under 70 degrees. |
| Flowers | Flowers come in a wide variety of colors such as pink, rose, white, red, purple and etcetera. |
| Leaves | Leaves are glossy green, somewhat fleshy and mildly scented if crushed. The petiole is attached to the center of the blade (peltate). |
| Stems | Stems are trailing, climbing, green and older stems develop corky surface. |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Maintenance | Like most Geraniums, they can develope edema. This is water-soaked spots on the underside of the leaf. With time these areas will develope a corky appearance. This is not a disease but a cultural problem from over watering during times when the plants are not transpiring (loosing) much water. |
| Propagation | Can be rooted from cuttings, but I have found them more difficult to root. |
| Native Site | Native to southern Africa. |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced into cultivation in 1700. Plants were sent from Cape Province Africa to Holland. |
| Misc Facts | The leaves resemble true Ivy leaves (Hedera helix) hence the name "Ivy-leaved" Geranium. |
| Notes & Reference | #32-The Joy of Geraniums (Helen Van Pelt Wilson), #58-Pelargoniums (Miller) |
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