pelargonium [Amethyst]

Grow in fertile well-drained soil in full sun. Remove spent flowers. To overwinter, grow small plants in late summer from cuttings. See Pelargonium cultivation for further advice.

Deadhead regularly

Take softwood cuttings in summer and overwinter plants in frost free conditions or take softwood cuttings in spring

vine weevil, leafhoppers, caterpillars, thrips, fungus gnats and aphids can be troublesome. aphids are generally more problematic on over-wintered plants

Foot and root rots in wet soils. Grey moulds are often troublesome in wet conditions. A virus may be a problem where cultivars are maintained by cuttings