geranium 'Tornado'
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Forms a bushy plant to 40cm tall with broad, green leaves and large flowers with pale pink lower petals and purple-black upper petals
Scientific classification
- Species
- geranium 'Tornado' (Pelargonium 'Tornado')
- Genus
- Pelargonium
- Family
- Geraniaceae
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- Toxicity
- Conservatory Greenhouse · Houseplants
- Plant type
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- Evergreen
- Foliage
- Bushy
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
- Season of interest
- Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of geranium 'Tornado'
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of geranium 'Tornado'
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geranium 'Tornado' care guide
- Allow partial soil drying before watering, avoid cold wet compost around roots
- Watering
- Partial shade
- Sunlight
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Watering
Allow partial soil drying before watering, avoid cold wet compost around roots
Fertilizing
FertilizingHigh-potash pelargonium feed every two weeks through blooming warm season
Pruning
PruningDeadhead regularly
Propagation
PropagationTake softwood cuttings in summer and overwinter plants in frost free conditions or take softwood cuttings in spring
Growing
GrowingGrow in fertile well-drained soil in partial shade. Remove spent flowers. To overwinter, grow small plants in late summer from cuttings
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
Foot and root rots in wet soils. Grey moulds are often troublesome in wet conditions. A virus may occur where cultivars are maintained by cuttings
Pests
Leafhoppers, vine weevils, caterpillars, thrips, fungus gnats, aphids and glasshouse whitefly can be troublesome
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