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Pelargonium 'Purple Heart' (Dw/St/C)

geranium 'Purple Heart'

'Purple Heart' is a dwarf stellar cultivar with single orange flowers. The flowers are set against a foil of green, palmate leaves with dark purple centres; hence the cultivar name

Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
1–2 years
Ultimate spread
0.1–0.5 metres
Growing conditions
Loam
Moisture
Well–drained
pH
Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Orange Green Purple
Summer Orange Green Purple
Autumn Green Purple
Winter Green Purple
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

East–facing or South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H1C
Botanical 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

Accepted

Horticultural Group
Dwarf pelargoniums are compact Zonal types, a little larger than Miniatures, and growing to 20cm, with single or more typically double flowers; well suited to containers

How to grow

Cultivation

Requires frost-free conditions and good light. Feed plants with a high potash 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

Generally trouble-free, but may be susceptible to glasshouse pests such as aphids and glasshouse whitefly in spring

Diseases

Generally disease-free, but may be susceptible to grey moulds, pelargonium rusts and pelargonium viruses

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