Features of Pelargonium "Maverick"

Pelargonium is a genus of plants belonging to the Geraniev family. You can often hear that pelargonium is called geranium, in the early classifications both of these plants were called so. Geranium also belongs to the Geraniev family, but outwardly these are completely different flowers, they are similar only in the form of boxes with seeds that look like the beaks of storks or cranes ("pelargos" in Greek means stork, and "geranos" is a crane) ... The fact that these are different plants is also evidenced by the fact that they cannot be crossed with each other.

Pelargonium grows in South Africa and belongs to herbaceous perennials or shrubs. It has straight, creeping or branching stems. Her leaves are simple, finger-like or finger-dissected. Flowers are presented in various colors and inflorescences in the form of umbrellas. Pelargonium fruit is a box that can be opened in a special way: from the bottom edge to the top

In the modern classification of pelargonium, there are several main groups. The most common of these is pelargonium. zonal or garden. It is to her that the Maverick variety of pelargonium belongs. It also belongs to the group of grandiflora (plants with large flowers) and grows to a height of 35-45 centimeters.

Leaves are small, round, green in color, some have a darkish ring along the edge of the leaf. Large flowers have a diameter of 4 centimeters and all kinds of color palette: they can be white, cream, pink, coral, red, purple, and also consist of several shades of flowers.

"Maverick" is extremely popular with flower growers due to its spectacular flowering. The most famous hybrids of this variety include the following pelargoniums.

• Maverick is white and pink. Strongly branching plant up to 30 centimeters high. Flowers, located on low peduncles, have a delicate white-pink color, the leaves are large, dark green. This pelargonium blooms early and blooms for a very long time. Used for planting in pots, flowerpots, balcony boxes.

• Maverick purple... A branchy plant with a height of about 30-40 centimeters with small emerald green leaves. The flowers are large, have a deep red color. After planting in the ground, it blooms very quickly, flowering continues until the first frost. Looks impressive in a flower garden, but looks just as good in the sun, in a pot or in a box.

• Maverick is old. Pelargonium with beautiful pale pink petals and a bright pink eye. Plant height - 35-40 centimeters. The flowers are located on long peduncles and are hemispherical umbrellas with an inflorescence diameter of about 15 centimeters. Leaves are rich green. It is recommended to grow in pots with a diameter of 12-14 centimeters.

• Maverick Violet. Strongly branching bush up to 40 centimeters in height, with green leaves that have a characteristic bronze ring. The flowers are simple, have a raspberry-purple hue. This pelargonium looks very nice on the windowsill, but is also suitable for growing outdoors in the warm season. Due to long flowering, it retains its decorative effect for a long time.

• Maverick Orange. This pelargonium has large flowers of a sunny red-orange hue with a light eye.The leaves are green, with a pattern in the form of a darkish ring. The bush grows up to 35-40 centimeters in height. Suitable for growing both at home and for planting in flower beds, flowerpots and containers.

• "Maverick Scarlet Picoti"... A bright plant with large pink-scarlet inflorescences and a red border around the edge of the petals. Flowers reach 9-11 centimeters in diameter. It has decorative green leaves with wavy edges. Height - up to 40 centimeters, does not need pinching.

• "Maverick Mix" (mix). It is a series of brightly colored early flowering pelargoniums. They form many low peduncles with large inflorescences. Plant height is about 35-40 centimeters. For one sowing, you can get several plants with differently colored flowers at once, which will look perfect both in pots on a sunny windowsill, and delight you with their variegated palette in a flower garden in the fresh air.

Pelargoniums "Maverick" are ideal for decorating home space and garden decoration in summer. In flower beds, these flowers are good not only as individual plants, but also in combination with petunias, marigolds, calendula, lobelia.

See the following video about the peculiarities of growing Maverick pelargoniums.