A nice compact hybrid with scented leaves and a trailing habit.


A nice compact hybrid with scented leaves and a trailing habit.
Hybridizer; Mike Brown, Australia.
‘Ardens’ is an old cultivar, a cross between P. fulgidum and P. lobatum, introduced in 1817. It was hybridized by Lee, Hammersmith UK, 1810.
My own cultivar – a seedling of P. gibbosum ‘Maroon’, 2011.
My own hybrid from 2016 – ‘Flora Midnight’ x ‘Lara Oracle’.
Another old hybrid of P. fulgidum x P. lobatum, or more probably ‘Ardens’ x P. lobatum from ca. 1827.
A hybrid that originates from seeds from South Africa, around 2006.
The third old hybrid of P. fulgidum and P. lobatum – before 1869.
Section Cortusina.
Species / variety of P. crassicaule with brown red-ish stems. Grown from seed.
Section Glaucophyllum.
Easily recognized by the upright lanceolate leaves.
Section Reniformia.
Small plant with woody stems, and sticky scented leaves.
Cultivated form of the species with finely divided leaves. The upper petals of this cultivar are also divided.
The leaves are sticky and have some scent.
P. denticulatum belongs to the section Pelargonium.
Species in the section Glaucophyllum.
Today there are different plants with this name, but this one resembles the first illustrations made of the species.
Species in the section Ciconium, previous placed in Jenkinsonia.
Named after Borana in Ethiopia, where it was first found in 1972.
Large orange-red flowers with darker markings.
Dormant in winter – needs higher temperatures than the pelargoniums endemic to South Africa.
Succulent stem with leaf bases. The leaves get quite thick.
Young plant.
Primary hybrid with succulent stems and white flowers – upper petals with blotches.
Hybridiser: Mike Brown, Australia.