Features of Pelargonium Lara

Pelargonium is one of the most beautiful indoor flowers, which most people call geraniums, which is not entirely true. Pelargonium is a genus of plant from the geranium family. This plant is native to South Africa, while geranium is a northern winter-hardy plant. Currently, there are a huge number of species and varieties of this indoor flower. The article discusses a rather new and little-known variety of pelargonium - Lara.

At the beginning of the 19th century, pelargonium, which was called "red geranium", became very popular with flower lovers. And breeders, following the fashion and requirements of that time, set out to develop a new species of this plant, but with yellow inflorescences.

Then the Australian breeder Cliff Blackman set a goal for himself, which was to get plants with yellow petals. At the end of the 20th century, or rather since 1985, he began to breed a new variety of pelargonium through selection. In breeding these varieties, he used two types of plants: zonal and articulatum. It turned out to be a completely new group - umbrella.

In the course of his 20 years of experiments, many hybrid varieties with a wide variety of shapes and colors have turned out. By the way, pelargonium with pure yellow flowers was never brought out, but today in the world there are more than a dozen of the most beautiful varieties from this line with the prefix Lara in the name (this is the name of the city in Australia where Cliff Blackman lived and worked, thanks to which all this beauty appeared).

Pelargonium Lara Harmony - one of the varieties belonging to the group of zonal (the name "zonal" arose from the pronounced brown zone on the green leaf of pelargonium).

The flowers are terry, lush, and when fully expanded, with their rich pink color, they resemble a rose.

It is a beautiful hybrid umbrella variety. A very powerful bush, with large, not very double flowers of a bright cyclamen color or shades of fuchsia with a small bright white core. Also belongs to the zonal group.

It is an umbrella with a compact lush holly bush. The flowers are large, double, white-yellow, with pink splashes on the upper petals. A distinctive feature is a very long, powerful peduncle that reaches 30 cm.

Pelargonium is an umbrella with bright scarlet inflorescences and a pronounced core. Blooms very easily. The flowers are large, rather dense, hold on to a slender but strong peduncle. The bush is compact, low.

Lara Rita is a flower of moderation in everything. This is one of the hybrids with a short bush. On relatively short peduncles there are dense inflorescences. Flowers are pale salmon in color, can be brighter, with semi-double petals with medium density.

The plant has a rather powerful and dense inflorescence. This pelargonium is distinguished by a vertically elongated bush with very large pink-orange double flowers. The leaves are glossy, almost without velvet, rich green, large and juicy, without a pronounced zone. Stems are dense and smooth.

This variety is not very common. The bush is compact, does not stretch upwards. The thick stems grow almost horizontally. The flowers are large, double, white-salmon in color, the petals resemble feathers.

Lara Gem is a sturdy, beautiful plant that requires fresh air and space.Medium-sized pelargonium with a high peduncle, with a beautiful lush inflorescence. The flowers are double, pink, with a light speck on the upper petals, the leaves are bright green and juicy.

The plant is a medium sized bush. On a tall, strong peduncle there is a delicate umbrella of a pale pink color, similar to an orchid flower. The leaves are lacy and bright.

A very passionate and expressive flower in appearance. This plant can be easily recognized by the pronounced contrast of bright warm pink hues and rich dark green leaves. It blooms luxuriantly and profusely, while being quite unpretentious.

The inflorescence of this hybrid, when fully expanded, resembles a round juicy tangerine. A bright and at the same time delicate peach color smoothly flows into a yellow core. The inflorescence is dense, keeps for a long time on a high cutting. The serrated leaves have a juicy green color.

The plant is quite compact, with dark green leaves and a pronounced brown zone. But on this seemingly small bush, relatively large and generous inflorescences bloom. The color of the petals ranges from pale lilac to lilac-pink shades.

There are many other Lara pelargonium varieties not covered in this article, such as Unicorn Zonartic Rose, Rachel, Orion, Brookside Fiesta, Peter, East Sussex, Lucy Gunnet, Alex Kidson, Bold Limelight and many more. They are all beautiful, and each variety is unusual in its own way.

It's no surprise that many gardeners are in love with these indoor flowers.

For the Lara Jester Scented Pelargonium, see below.