Pelargonium Summer Showers Burgundy - seeds

Pelargonium Summer Showers Burgundy, better known as ivy-leaf geranium, is a generous plant that produces many clusters of single, dark red flowers on numerous well-branched and flexible stems from May to November. Its trailing habit, resistance to harsh weather conditions and diseases, and ease of care make this plant the king of balconies. It will survive the heat of summer, where other plants often fail. This versatile geranium thrives just as well in partial shade as in full sun and tolerates cooler temperatures. Create sumptuous displays by mixing the colours.

Ivy geraniums, among others, are derived from Pelargonium peltatum, a plant from the geranium family native to the coastal region of the Cape Province in South Africa. This species has the characteristic of forming creeping or spreading stems, with foliage which resembles ivy. The hybrids we know as ivy-leaved geraniums have the same trailing habit and increased floribundance. The Summer Showers Burgundy variety quickly forms a round, both erect and trailing clump, 35 cm (14in) tall, composed of numerous flexible stems branching from the base and adorned with bright green, five-pointed, peltate, circular, slightly fleshy and aromatic leaves, quite resistant to fungal diseases. The remarkably long and abundant flowering takes place from May to the first frosts. The single and asymmetrical flowers are a deep burgundy red with narrow petals.

Ivy geraniums are splendid plants, ideal for decorating pots for a large part of the year. They cascade heavily from flower boxes and balconies where their single flowers create round and colourful masses that blend together or enhance other plants, whether trailing like purple or chocolate-leaved ipomoeas (Ipomoea Illusion Midnight Lace, Ipomoea Sweet Heart Purple) or upright like zonal geraniums, petunias, gauras or fuchsias.