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Pelargonium 'Barbary Coast'

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(Shady Hill, USA, 1988) This ivy leaf does not correspond to either of the two entries listed in The Pelargonium International Register and Checklist of Pelargonium Cultivars, which are lilac white and lavender pink respectively. This is shocking pink with white streaks in the center of the petals. It makes a dramatic container plant.

Photograph by Donn Reiners

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Monsonia speciosa

This is an unusual member of the Geranium Family. The leaf lobes are very fine and narrow, and the flowers look like white tissue paper with notched margins and a pink central blotch. The anthers are orange. The plant grows in the winter and flowers in the spring. It must be allowed to go dormant during the summer. At that time all water should be withheld. It does well in a container, but should be protected from temperatures below freezing in the winter. It can be propagated from root cuttings or seeds. The roots are bright yellow and semi fibrous. It comes from the winter rainfall areas of the Western Cape of South Africa and grows in sandy loam.

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