Pelargonium x Hortorum Novita "Regal Geranium" Mixed Colours 17cmPot

🌺 Pelargonium × hortorum ‘Novita’ – Regal Geranium

Botanical Name: Pelargonium × hortorum ‘Novita’
Common Names: Regal Geranium, Zonal Geranium, Garden Geranium

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📌 Product Description

Pelargonium × hortorum ‘Novita’, commonly known as Regal Geranium, is a compact, free-flowering perennial prized for its large, vibrant flower clusters and neat, rounded growth habit. The Novita series is known for strong branching, uniform growth, and exceptional garden performance, making it ideal for beds, borders, and container displays.

With its bold blooms in shades of red, pink, white, coral, or bi-colour, Regal Geranium provides long-lasting colour from spring through autumn in South African gardens. It performs equally well in garden beds and patio pots, offering reliable, high-impact seasonal colour.

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📏 Size When Fully Grown

• Height: 30 – 45 cm
• Spread: 30 – 40 cm
• Growth Habit: Compact, bushy perennial
• Growth Rate: Moderate to fast

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🌱 Best Growing Conditions

• Light: Full sun to light partial shade (best flowering in full sun)
• Soil: Well-drained, fertile soil
• Water:
  • Moderate watering during establishment
  • Allow topsoil to dry slightly between watering
• Feeding: Balanced fertiliser every 4–6 weeks during growing season
• Maintenance:
  • Deadhead regularly to promote continuous flowering
  • Light trimming encourages bushier growth

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🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

• Best Planting Time: Spring (September – November)
• Flowering Season: Spring to autumn
• Growing Season: Spring and summer
• Climate Suitability: Temperate, coastal, and subtropical regions
• Frost Tolerance: Sensitive to heavy frost; protect in colder regions

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🌼 Additional Benefits

• Large, vibrant flower heads
• Long flowering season
• Excellent performance in pots and garden beds
• Compact, uniform growth
• Ideal for high-impact seasonal colour displays

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🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Bedding plant for mass colour
✔ Patio and balcony containers
✔ Window boxes
✔ Mixed borders
✔ Seasonal colour displays in commercial or residential landscapes