Zonal Stellar Geranium named Graffiti Violet #4 is a photograph by J McCombie which was uploaded on January 6th, 2013.
Zonal Stellar Geranium named Graffiti Violet #4
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by J McCombie
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Zonal Stellar Geranium named Graffiti Violet #4
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J McCombie
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This piece has been featured in the FAA Group "USA Artist News...".
Geraniums provide beauty and elegance to any Summer landscape or patio and can be planted in beds, pots, baskets and more. They aren't just about big blooms! Enjoy the delicate pointed flower petals of the Graffitis - their unique flower shape will add interest to your garden along with the striking finger-like leaves. The have a dense bushy habit, interesting unique and showy star-shaped intense violet blooms atop crinkly-textured foliage.
Stellar geraniums first appeared in Australia around 1950. Their origins are shrouded in mystery and no one seems to really know where they came from! Whatever their beginnings, they are delightful plants. If you look carefully at the photo, you will notice that the top two flower petals are quite a bit narrower than the lower three. This is a characteristic of Stellars, as is the distinctive "maple leaf".
In addition, Stellars have a remarkable compact growth habit and never get tall (12-18" tall) and straggly, even in the winter. And speaking of winter, they are among the best and easiest pelargoniums to grow indoors.
Common names are Fish Geranium (formerly a Fischer Geranium, now Syngenta) and Storksbill. The Pelargonium hortorum flower has a single symmetry plane (zyomorphic) which distinguishes it from the Geranium flower which is actinomorphic.
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