The bedding geranium everybody knows, flowering without a break from late spring until the first frost.
Toscana Anne carries soft pink flowers in dense, tightly packed heads, a gentler colour than the reds in the Toscana range. The Toscana geraniums are the neat, bushy, upright kind, with thick fleshy stems and dark green leaves, around 30 to 45cm tall and 25 to 35cm across, so they hold their shape in a pot or a bedding scheme rather than trailing over the edge.
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. 30 to 45cm tall x 25 to 35cm wide
Growth Habit: Upright and bushy, a zonal type
Perfect For: Pots, containers, window boxes, bedding displays and borders
Foliage: Dense, dark green foliage
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 soil or container 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 hot weather and feed weekly while it is growing
Seasonal Interest: Spring, summer and autumn
Type: Tender bedding geranium (Pelargonium), grown as summer colour
