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Pelargonium 'Woods Surprise'

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Wood, Australia, <1967. Pale lilac flowers. Leaves are heavily marbled in cream and white. Compact growth. Mr. W.H. Wood's plant was traced back to Ms. Melbabird's plant. Known in the U.S. as Pelargonium 'Sunset Marble', <1988. Carol Roller wrote that it was imported from Australia by Young's Mesa Nursery, Arroyo Grande, CA in 1983. Supposedly derived from 'Nutmeg Lavender', Pelargonium 'Sunset Marble' was found and named by Ms. Melbabird in Victoria, Australia, about 1967. The plant is also known as Pelargonium 'Woods Surprise.'

Photograph by Donn Reiners

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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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