Pelargonium 'Chocolate Twist' (St/C)
geranium 'Chocolate Twist'
A bushy, tender, evergreen perennial to 50cm tall and wide with rounded and lobed leaves that are a dark reddish-brown with a green margin. Single orange-red flowers are borne in clusters from summer into autumn
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Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metresTime to ultimate height
1–2 yearsUltimate spread
0.1–0.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Well–drainedpH
Alkaline, NeutralColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | Brown Red Green | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Orange Red | Brown Red Green | ||
| Autumn | Orange Red | Brown Red Green | ||
| Winter | Brown Red Green |
Position
- Full sun
Aspect
West–facing or East–facing or South–facing
Exposure
Sheltered Hardiness
H1CBotanical details
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Habit
- Bushy
- Genus
Pelargonium can be perennials, sub-shrubs or shrubs, sometimes succulent and mostly evergreen, with palmately lobed or pinnately divided leaves and clusters of slightly irregular, 5-petalled flowers
- Name status
Unresolved
- Horticultural Group
- Stellar pelargoniums are compact Zonal types, with small leaves with pointed lobes, and star-shaped single or double flowers
How to grow
Cultivation
Requires frost-free conditions and good light. Feed plants with a high potassium fertiliser during the growing season to promote flowering. See pelargonium cultivation
Propagation
Propagate by softwood cuttings of non-flowering shoots in spring or summer
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- City and courtyard gardens
- Patio and container plants
- Mediterranean climate plants
- Flower borders and beds
Pruning
Deadhead regularly. Cut back hard if overwintering old plants indoors
Pests
May be susceptible to glasshouse pests such as aphids and glasshouse whitefly in spring
Diseases
May be susceptible to grey moulds, pelargonium rust and Pelargonium viruses
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