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Ivy Leage™ Light Lavender Ivy Leaf Geranium

Pelargonium peltatum 'Ivy League Light Lavender'

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Ivy Leage Light Lavender Ivy Leaf Geranium (Pelargonium peltatum 'Ivy League Light Lavender') at A Very Successful Garden Center

Ivy Leage™ Light Lavender Ivy Leaf Geranium flowers

Ivy Leage™ Light Lavender Ivy Leaf Geranium flowers

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Height:  16 inches

Spacing:  18 inches

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  (annual)

Group/Class:  Ivy League Series

Brand:  Syngenta Flowers

Description:

A beautiful and eye catching series featuring exceptional heat tolerance and strong branching on a trailing habit; stunning, bright and vivid color stays throughout the summer months; perfect for beds, baskets, window boxes, or combination planters

Ornamental Features

Ivy Leage™ Light Lavender Ivy Leaf Geranium features bold clusters of lightly-scented lavender flowers with a pink flare at the ends of the stems from late spring to early fall. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its lobed palmate leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes

Ivy Leage™ Light Lavender Ivy Leaf Geranium is an herbaceous annual with a trailing habit of growth, eventually spilling over the edges of hanging baskets and containers. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Ivy Leage™ Light Lavender Ivy Leaf Geranium is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Mass Planting
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Container Planting
  • Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

Ivy Leage™ Light Lavender Ivy Leaf Geranium will grow to be about 16 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 18 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. This plant should not require much in the way of fertilizing once established, although it may appreciate a shot of general-purpose fertilizer from time to time early in the growing season. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Ivy Leage™ Light Lavender Ivy Leaf Geranium is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. Because of its trailing habit of growth, it is ideally suited for use as a 'spiller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
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Massing  Edging  Garden  Container  Basket 
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