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Pelargonium identification please

NutcrackerSouthSomersetNutcrackerSouthSomerset Posts: 143
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Can anyone identify these two pelargoniums?
Very striped petals, I would say vermillion rather than scarlet.
Second one is very small-leaved and has small flowers, and a trailing habit.


Any help appreciated!

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  • Desi_in_LondonDesi_in_London Posts: 731
    edited September 2022
    I don't have the faintest idea , but somebody posted a link to fibrex nurseries on this forum the other day - they are/were pelargonium specialists , so you may find some clues if you search their website? ( i have no connection to the enterprise).
    Kindness is always the right choice.
  • NutcrackerSouthSomersetNutcrackerSouthSomerset Posts: 143
    I have already had a look there, but nothing seemed to match up.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited September 2022
    @NutcrackerSouthSomerset The second one is a Regal possibly Lord Bute.
    From the leaves the first could be a trailing zonal because of the upper curl and marks on the leaf. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • NutcrackerSouthSomersetNutcrackerSouthSomerset Posts: 143
    Not convinced it’s Lord Bute, flowers are really tiny, hardly as big as a thumb nail,  and the leaves are also minute….
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    The second one is possibly an Angel pelargonium called Jer’rey. There are lots of pelargonium hybrids and a lot of the commercial varieties are unnamed. Here is how Jer’rey looks like.


  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    The top one might be precision red ice, but there are lots of similar cultivars. I have 3 types of similarly coloured pelargoniums and I don’t think I could distinguish between them without looking at the label.
  • NutcrackerSouthSomersetNutcrackerSouthSomerset Posts: 143
    That’s really helpful, thanks all. My mini magenta one certainly looks very like Jer’rey. 
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