Pelargonium

[ UK /pˌɛlɑːɡˈə‍ʊni‍əm/ ]
NOUN
  1. geraniums native chiefly to South Africa; widely cultivated
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  • Clean out the greenhouse and make way for incoming pelargoniums, chrysanthemums and dahlias that will need protection from the frost.
  • Threequarter-acre garden with terraces, roses, yew hedges, box parterres, geraniums, pelargoniums and double herbaceous borders leading to a meadow planted with eucalyptus.
  • There are many cases where a single pollinator is responsible for pollinating many species of plants, for example long-tongued flies (Tabanidae and Nemestrinidae) are the exclusive pollinators of many genera of petaloid monocots as well as Pelargonium and Erica; a butterfly is the exclusive pollinator of a phylogenetically disparate group of red-flowered and autumn-flowering species; hopliine (monkey) beetle pollination has evolved convergently in many genera, etc. Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
  • Our yard is warm and sunny for most of the day in summer, making it an ideal spot for plants such as pelargoniums and verbena.
  • It looks good with hot pink pelargoniums and impatiens, and white nemesia to cool down the arrangement.
  • I also like one colour hanging baskets and tubs: there is nothing prettier than a burst of apricot pansies, lilac violas, or pink pelargoniums.
  • This has been observed in pelargoniums and in the Chinese primrose, in both of which the effect was to replace the umbellate form of inflorescence by a capitate one. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
  • Consider argyranthemum, nemesia, diascia or pelargonium, for longevity and ease. Times, Sunday Times
  • Busy Lizzies, fuchsias, pelargoniums, cosmos and petunia will all provide colour until late summer and can be used to fill gaps left by perennials as they finish blooming.
  • I love plants in season - old roses are a summer favourite - and I've got delphiniums, pelargoniums, agapanthus, tulips, silver birch, to name a few.
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