Likes well drained soil and full sun to partial sun positions. Will not tolerate any cold damage.
This geranium likes the pH slightly alkaline. During the growing season water regularly. Pinch them to prevent the plant from growing leggy.1
Over-watering can result in root rot.
These estimates for how long Ivy geranium takes to sprout, grow and harvest are from real observations from real gardeners, right around the world.
Average days | Min days | Max days (0)
Average days | Min days | Max days (0)
Average 71 days | Min 59 days | Max 87 days (16)
Our when to plant Ivy geranium estimates are relative to your last frost date.
The genus comes from the word pelargos which is from the Greek. Pelargos means a stork referring to the fruit which resembles a stork’s beak.
Ivy leaved geranium, ivy pelargonium, Ivy leaf geranum cuttings, Trailing geranium
Pelargonium peltatum (L.) L'HÈr. ex Aiton
Misspellings: Pelargonium pelatatum
1 missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a535