Pelargonium 'Rushmoor Amazon' (Rushmoor River Series) (Za/d)

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A pelargonium with pink-flecked, yellow, semi-double, 5-7cm flowers that are held on long stems giving an unusually open and relaxed head of bloom

Position

Full sun

Soil Types

Loam

Max Height

0.1-0.5 metres

Max Spread

0.1-0.5 metres

Size

Time to Maturity: 1–2 years
Max Spread: 0.1-0.5 metres
Max Height: 0.1-0.5 metres

Growing Conditions

Loam

Moisture: Moist but well–drained
pH: Acid or Neutral

Position

Full sun

Aspect: South–facing or East–facing or West–facing
Exposure: Sheltered
Hardiness

Hardiness Ratings

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

H1A: under glass all year (>15C)
H1B: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
H1C: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20): H1C

Colour & Scent

Season	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

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: Unresolved
Horticultural Group

Horticultural Classification Codes

Horticultural Classification Codes are often given to genera which have a large number of species or cultivars. They are used to categorise cultivated plants based on specific, shared characteristics such as shape, colour, size or flowering time, and can be displayed as letters or numbers

For example:
Dahlia ‘Sunset Kate (Sin) = Single flower
Rosa ‘Marigold’ (HT) = Hybrid Tea: Zonartic pelargoniums are low-growing and shrubby with tall stems and large, pastel-coloured flowers, occasionally with a darker 'zonal band' in the centre

How to Grow

Cultivation

Enjoys good light and frost-free conditions. A high potash feed encourages flowering in spring and summer. See pelargonium cultivation

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring and summer or overwinter plants in frost free conditions

Suggested planting locations and garden types

City and courtyard gardens
Cottage and informal garden
Mediterranean climate plants
Coastal
Patio and container plants
Flower borders and beds

Pruning

Cut back in spring if plants have become leggy. deadhead regularly

Pests

glasshouse leafhoppers, vine weevils, caterpillars, Thrips, fungus gnats, and aphids can be troublesome; aphids are generally more problematic on over-wintered plants

Diseases

May suffer from grey moulds, Pelargonium rust, Pelargonium viruses and foot and root rots in wet soils