Pelargonium 'Blackcurrant Yhu' (Dec)
geranium 'Blackcurrant Yhu'
An evergreen, bushy perennial, to 35cm in height, with rounded, slightly-ridged pale-green to mid-green leaves. Clusters of flowers appear in summer and are a velvety dark-purple with dark-purple veining becoming prominent at the pale-pink petal edges
Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metresTime to ultimate height
1–2 yearsUltimate spread
0.1–0.5 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Well–drainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, NeutralColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | Green | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Pink Purple | Green | ||
| Autumn | Green | |||
| Winter | Green |
Position
- Full sun
Aspect
South–facing or East–facing
Exposure
Sheltered Hardiness
H1CBotanical details
- Family
- Geraniaceae
- Native to the UK
- 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
- Decorative pelargoniums are medium-sized plants with rounded leaves and clusters of single flowers like those of Regals
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in fertile well-drained soil in full sun. Remove spent flowers. To overwinter, grow small plants in late summer from cuttings. See also pelargonium cultivation
Propagation
Take softwood cuttings in summer and overwinter plants in frost free conditions or take softwood cuttings in spring
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- City and courtyard gardens
- Coastal
- Patio and container plants
- Cottage and informal garden
- Flower borders and beds
Pruning
Deadhead regularly to prolong flowering
Pests
Leafhoppers, vine weevil, caterpillars, thrips, fungus gnats and aphids can be troublesome. Aphids are generally more problematic on over-wintered plants
Diseases
May be susceptible to foot and root rots in wet soils, grey moulds and a virus
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