The bedding geranium everybody knows, flowering without a break from late spring until the first frost.
Tornado Red is one of the bright, free flowering Tornado colours, covering itself in red through the season. All the varieties in this range form free branching, trailing plants that spill naturally over the edge, around 20 to 30cm tall with trails of 60 to 100cm, so a basket or a window box fills out and keeps flowering from late spring through to autumn.
Give it full sun and a fertile, free draining compost, water regularly in warm weather and feed weekly while it is growing. It copes with dry spells better than most summer bedding once established, and it stands up to wind and salt, so it works in a coastal garden as well as a town patio.
It is not hardy. Frost kills it outright, so lift the plants and keep them frost free over winter, or start again with fresh plants in spring.
Supplied as three or six large, well rooted plants in 10.5cm pots, grown peat free at our Yorkshire nursery, so they settle quickly and flower early.
Cultural Information
Common Name: Geranium, bedding geranium
Fully Grown Height and Spread: Approx. 20 to 30cm tall with trails of 60 to 100cm
Growth Habit: Trailing and free branching
Perfect For: Hanging baskets, window boxes, containers, raised beds, walls and any raised display
Foliage: Green rounded leaves, glossy on the Sunflair kinds
Flowering Time: Late spring to autumn
Planting Position: Full sun; drought tolerant once established; stands coastal wind and salt; happy in patio pots and containers
Soil Type: Fertile, well drained compost
Hardiness: Not hardy; frost kills it outright, so plants are lifted and kept frost free over winter or bought again in spring
Maintenance: Low; water regularly in warm weather and feed weekly while it is growing
Seasonal Interest: Spring, summer and autumn
Type: Tender bedding geranium (Pelargonium), grown as summer colour
