This flower enjoys the well-deserved love of manygardeners due to the lush and early flowering, refinement and richness of colors. Its unusual name zonal pelargonium received because of a peculiar belt or strip of dark color repeating the shape of the sheet, and in Greek "belt" sounds like zona.
Pelargonium zonal is divided into varietal groups: pink-buccal, floksovidnye, clove-like andvery unusual in appearance - cactus-shaped. The height of the plant varies, depending on the variety, maybe from 15 cm (miniature, dwarf varieties) to 1.5 m (stamping varieties).
Pelargonium zonal: care for it simple, because the flower is not cranky, almost unaffected by diseases and attacks by pests. But to achieve a long, rapid and long flowering, it is necessary to adhere to some of the following rules.
For a good, abundant flowering, regular and sufficient watering is very important
In South Africa, the flower grows as apowerful and developed root system. In our climate, Pelargonium does not survive in winter. Therefore, the plant is excavated before freezing, the roots are slightly pruned with a pruner and placed carefully in a pot of soil and drainage. While the plant is on winter rest, it can not be dried or poured. After the winter "hibernation", when frosts pass, the pelargonium is planted in the soil heated to 11-13 degrees, the inflorescences are removed, watered and mulched to preserve the moisture. The ground must be well drained and loose.
Pelargonium reproduction basic cuttings: cut 3-4 internodes from overgrown tops, give cuttings to sweat in the air for about a day, put in water, wait for the roots and plant them in the soil.