The young plant Pelargonium quinquelobatum is growing well and when mature it has white, light green yellow or grey green blue flowers. The leaves are triangular in shape and greyish green with a blue tinge, it is native to Eastern Africa.
Month: October 2017
Pelargonium pinnatum
Pelargonium pinnatum is native to the South West Cape, South Africa and was given the name “pinnatum” because of its pinnate oblong leaves which are blue green in colour. This plant has a fairly large tuber that can grow to 3 cm in width and the flowers can vary in colour from white, cream, yellow, salmon, pink and purple, although pink is more common, each flowering stalk contains about 15 flowers.
Grows in Winter, image from artscult.com
pelargonium rapaceum
Pelargonium rapaceum is native to a large area of the Cape Province and has flowers which are similar to a pea flower in shades of yellow or pink with red markings on the upper petals & each flowering stalk containing about 10 flowers.
It grows from a large turnip shaped tuber, sometimes containing up to seven tubers which can be edible or used as medicine, the leaves are hairy and finely divided, and was first collected during the 1700s.
image from artscult.com
Pelargonium Species world 