Pelargonium 'Ashfield Monarch' (Z/d) | geranium 'Ashfield Monarch'

Conservatory Greenhouse Bedding

A large zonal cultivar with semi-double flowers in shades of orangey-red

Position

Full sun, Partial shade

Loam, Sand

0.1-0.5 metres

0.1-0.5 metres

Loam Sand

Full sun Partial shade

Family: Geraniaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Foliage: Evergreen
Habit: Bushy, Columnar upright
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

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: Zonal pelargoniums are bushy evergreen perennials with fleshy stems, rounded, palmately lobed leaves often zoned with maroon, and single or double flowers in shades of purple, red, pink, orange and white, from early to late summer

Can be grown outside once risk of frost has passed. In summer, apply a high potash feed to encourage flowering. See pelargonium cultivation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring or summer

Deadhead regularly to promote flowering. To overwinter old plants, cut back hard when bringing inside

Overwintered plants may be susceptible to aphids in spring

Generally disease-free, but may be susceptible to pelargonium rust and pelargonium viruses