Geranium Calliope Dark Red (Pelargonium) – Semi-Trailing Summer Bedding (2L Pot)

Geranium Calliope Dark Red is a Calliope geranium, a cross between the zonal and ivy leaved types, grown for large semi double flowers and a long, reliable season.

Rounded clusters of richly coloured flowers appear continuously from late spring through autumn, held above lush green foliage. The plant is well branched and stays neat, with rounded green leaves marked with a darker zone, and a bushy, semi trailing to mounding habit that suits a patio container, a window box, a hanging basket or the front of a sunny border. Calliope geraniums take heat and dry spells better than the older zonal types, and they flower from late spring until the first frost.

It is supplied as a well established plant in a 2 litre pot, ready to go straight into the garden or into your own container. Plant it in fertile, free draining soil or compost in full sun or light shade, water regularly but let the surface dry a little between waterings, and feed it through the flowering season. Deadheading keeps the buds coming. Geraniums are not hardy, so plant out after the frosts and move the plant somewhere bright and frost free before the first cold nights if you want it back next year.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Geranium, interspecific pelargonium
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: Approximately 30 to 45cm tall with a similar spread
• Growth Habit: Bushy, semi trailing to mounding
• Perfect For: Patio containers, window boxes, hanging baskets, beds and borders
• Foliage: Rounded green leaves with darker zonal markings
• Flowering Time: Late spring until the first frost
• Planting Position: Full sun or light shade. It copes with dry spells, with coastal wind and salt, and it is happy in a container.
• Soil Type: Fertile, well drained soil or compost
• Hardiness: Not hardy. Frost kills it outright, so lift it and keep it frost free over winter or buy again in spring.
• Maintenance: Low. Deadhead regularly and feed through the flowering season
• Seasonal Interest: Spring, summer and autumn
• Type: Summer bedding, tender perennial