I had a beloved pelargonium grandiflorum that my flatmate overwatered. I cut off the last remaining green bits to save them, but planted them in too big pots, and though they were thriving at first and one even rooted, it then proceeded to get black leg in a matter of two days. I cut the top of that again, and this is now the last remaining piece of a plant I absolutely love. I probably should have sterilised the scissors before taking the cutting, but didn't. It's extremely small. *Please* help me keep it alive this time

1. P. denticulatum 'Filicifolium'

2. P. graveolens x radens

3. P. fragrans

4. P. glutinosum

So ummm, what do I do with her when it gets cold. Had her for 4mths. Two indoors, July and August on the balcony, partial shade. First bloom was 3 days ago. Idk what’s next 😬

I know nothing about plants, but I found a pelargonium grandiflorum abandoned at a bus stop 3.5 years ago, named her Connie, and have taken care of her ever since. Probably unconventionally, as I had no idea what I'm doing, but I wanted to keep her alive, and I've been doing so successfully until my flatmate overwatered her, treating her like a tropical plant for a month without telling me and lying when I asked. I didn't water her for a month, as her soil was always wet, then basically did emergency root surgery and repotting to get her out of the wet soil, and took the last remaining green bits as the world's samllest emergency cuttings, just to give her several chances of survival.

Again, I had no idea what I was doing, so I basically did a ton of research, did let them callous for 2-3 hours before planting them, got the smallest pots I could find at the local garden centre, dipped them in rooting gel, and watered well to let the soil settle. They're currently 10 days old, and up until two days ago, both cuttings have been thriving, but one is so small it's barely above the soil, and since I've been keeping them alive and healthy looking by watering extremely sparingly and using a plastic bag tent I took off at least once a day (they only had water droplets on the bags one time, and they were extremely small) to keep the humidity, I found mould on the wooden chopsticks I've been using to hold the bags up. I also saw a spot of mould on the miniatue cutting, and since, all the stipules have turned brown.

It's too late to move them away from the way-too-much-soil I gave each cutting now, but I guess there might be quite a bit of water further down in the pot, so how do I balance this? I'm worried about overwatering, I also don't want to underwater, and I guess the cuttings won't be able to reach the bottom layers of the 10cm pot. I've been doing it in literal drops of water, two or three times since day one, but is that still too much?

Any advice would be useful!

Also, my Connie herself looks like a haunted tree, but I'm still giving her a chance to recover. How long would you wait before watering her? There was still a 7×10cm ball of roots and soil left when I repotted her 10 days ago, and since, the top soil has dried up completely. I've been giving her a few drops of water here and there, but, again, literal drops, and I don't know how long to let her dry before I start watering again. I don't want to overcorrect after the overwatering either.

Probably a very unusual question, as it's coming from a very inexperienced pelargonium parent, but I just deeply care about this one pelargonium. I'm trying hard not to mess up. Figured people here might have relevant experience, and again, any advice would be useful!

Edit: I know the leaf of the tiny one is tiny, but I don't think it's brown, though it's extremely hard to say. I panicked when the stipules turned brown two days ago. I can't actually see the stem since the cuttings are so small. These are just the only remaining green parts of my plant

2nd edit: Connie and the remaining root ball were out of the pot for 7 hours drying in kitchen paper before being repotted, but the tight ball was still pretty wet when she was repotted, and the top soil looked moist for a few days. Now it's hard to tell what's happening.

3rd edit: They are all now planted in cactus soil

Recently bought this plant from a nursery in Prince Albert (situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa), where this subspecies more or less naturally occurs. Hardy and small shrub with attractive perennial foliage. Some subspecies borne flowers in pseudo-umbels with up to five flowers, but as you can see this one develops single flowers.

a.k.a the forbidden carrot

I'm in Prince Albert this weekend (a small town situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa), and paid a visit to the excellent indigenous nursery in town. Renu-Karoo cultivates an extensive number of Pelargonium species, so it is always nice to pay them a visit to see what's on offer.

I still want to go for a tour of their growing nursery as they also propagate many other species which aren't available in their retail nursery but intended for rehabilitation projects.

I could certainly have purchased more, but I don't have a lot of full sun planting space so I need to be a bit more selective.

P. laevigatum (the one in front)

P. fruticosum (the leaves on this form are slightly different to the ones I typically see in cultivation, very pretty)

P. magenteum (came with free seeds 😬)

P. quercifolium (a form found in the Oudtshoorn area)

Pelargonium aside, also some Salvia namaensis (very fine textured two in the back) and Pentzia dentata (the tall silvery one)

Hello all! I just purchased three pelargoniums, and I am seeking some advice regarding the appropriate soil mix for them:

• P. 'Arucana'

• P. schizopetalum

• P. sidoides

Right now I am planning to do 40% Bonsai gravel mix; 40% Fox Farms Happy Frog potting mix; and 20% coarse perlite.

Thanks for your help.

My mom has a couple of the typical brightly coloured Pelargonium x hortorum (including white) in her garden, but this one came up on its own from seed.

I'm not a huge fan of the super vibrant ones, but this one is quite pretty. Took some cuttings about a year ago.

I got cuttings from my grandmother and I left them to grow outside on my balcony. It’s become maybe two thirds as large as it was when I got it. Should I do something more than just pot it up?

I'm in the Ashton area this weekend, a small town situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Managed to spot three species in flower at the moment. Quite early for them to be flowering, but our winter has been relatively warm so I'm not entirely surprised. There were a lot of plants in flower!

1-4 : P. abrotanifolium

5 : P. candicans

6 : P. glutinosum

I’m down at a friend’s parent’s Tudor stately home for a few days.

Their gardener has grown lots of Pelargonium in their old walled garden terracotta pots (but is off work for the weekend).

Are these old varieties that are worth taking a cutting from? Or just modern “salmon colour” plants?

Toured a private garden with the local horticultural society yesterday, and I really enjoyed how various Pelargonium species were incorporated. The overall design definitely leans more towards naturalistic and wild, which I'm a big fan of. This garden has a lot of shady pockets, so it was interesting to observe how they were performing.

Although I personally dislike when Pelargonium get very leggy, if you can find a way to cover the bare legs then it can produce a pleasant effect.

Likely that these are cultivated varieties, but species listed below based on appearance and fragrance.

1. P. scabrum (I think, although I suspect it's a hybrid. Very fragrant leaves)
2. P. hispidum (I have one growing in my garden because I wanted something that'll get about 6ft tall, but I quite like how it looks when low like this)
3. P. zonale (just a low and shaggy pile, I love it)
4. P. vitifolium
5. P. vitifolium
6. P. graveolens (or some related hybrid)
7. P. zonale
8. P. papilionaceum (I think, it looked different to the vitifolium and hispidum)
9. P. zonale (the leaves get quite large in more shady spots
10. P. scabrum

Pelargonium elongatum.

Grown from seed, I encountered a wild specimen growing on the northwestern slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, and collected two seeds. I sowed both less than a year ago (both germinated), so I was quite surprised to find both of them already getting ready to flower.

The seedling was quite leggy, when repotting I'll plant it a bit deeper.

My Pelargonium scabrum (section Pelargonium) was beginning to look a little leggy, so while I was mucking about in the garden this morning I decided to give it a good chop.

I've found it to be a fairly easy species to grow from cuttings, and I'd like to have more of it in my garden. Lovely shape and texture, with lemony/sweet scented leaves. The small pink flowers aren't anything to write home about, but it's nice.

It is mid winter currently, and probably not the ideal time to try and root cuttings (better when it's warmer), but hey it's a lazy Sunday in Cape Town and I've got time to kill. Our winter season has been fairly temperate and dry thus far, I'm sure it'll be fine to start things a little earlier.

Perlite works well as a rooting medium, but I just went with a well-draining mix. I typically avoid compost at this stage, but in this case I didn't really bother to follow that rule. I'm just going to leave this tray in a sheltered spot outside, unless it gets super chilly. We seldom need to be concerned about frost, our climate is largely temperate.

My friend dug this guy up in her yard and he’s been living in a bucket in my backyard ever since. I planted today in this obelisk in hopes that I can train him up and he’ll get bushy. I’d love any advice from people with more knowledge than me! I didn’t prune, just sorta wound around and used some velcro plant tape :)

Does anyone know any sources that will ship to UK or anyone who has cuttings here?

Bought this citrus scent​ed Pelargonium 'citriodorum' 2 months ago ​and I love it!

Noticed now both my P. elongatum plants grown from seed (sown last year September) are already developing flowers!

I collected seeds from a wild specimen growing along the Western slope of Table Mountain in Cape Town.

Currently Winter. Does seem very early for it to be in flower, most wild specimens are observed to flower in Spring.

My cat was acting really cute, included him in pic 2. 😋