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Pelargonium Laced Red Mini Cascade ('Achspen') (I)

geranium [Laced Red Mini Cascade]

A tender, trailing evergreen perennial often grown as summer bedding. This ivy-leaved variety has variegated foliage and bears clusters of single, red flowers from summer to autumn. The plants are very compact and good for containers and hanging baskets

Synonyms

Pelargonium 'Achspen'

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Ultimate height

0.1–0.5 metres

Time to ultimate height

1–2 years

Ultimate spread

0.1–0.5 metres

Loam

Sand

Moisture

Moist but well–drained, Well–drained

pH

Acid, Alkaline, Neutral

	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Full sun

Aspect

South–facing or West–facing or East–facing

Exposure

Sheltered

Drought resistance

Yes

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

Botanical details

Family: Geraniaceae
Native to GB / Ireland: No
Foliage: Evergreen
Habit: Trailing
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: Trade
Horticultural Group: Ivy-leaved pelargoniums are evergreen perennials of trailing habit, with fleshy, palmately lobed leaves and clusters of showy red, purple, pink or white flowers from early summer to autumn

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in fertile well-drained soil in full sun. In containers use a moisture-retentive compost. Feed fortnightly through the growing season with a balanced fertiliser. Remove spent flowers. To overwinter, grow plants from cuttings in late summer and keep at a minimum of 5°C. See Pelargonium cultivation for further information

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in spring or summer

Suggested planting locations and garden types

City and courtyard gardens
Coastal
Cottage and informal garden
hanging basket
Patio and container plants
Low Maintenance
Bedding
Conservatory and greenhouse
Flower borders and beds

Pruning

Deadhead regularly

Pests

May be susceptible to vine weevils, glasshouse leafhoppers, mealybugs, aphids and sciarid flies

Diseases

May be susceptible to pelargonium viruses, also grey moulds in wet conditions

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