pelargonium 'Carisbrooke'

Grow in fertile well-drained soil in partial shade. 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. Glasshouse whitefly can be troublesome

Foot and root rots in wet soils. Grey moulds are often troublesome in wet conditions. A virus may occur, particularly where cultivars are maintained by cuttings