Product description
The Geranium Bullseye Red delivers an incredibly bold, traditional aesthetic with its robust clumping habit and intensely bright, scarlet flower heads. It is prized for its dark-ringed, strongly scented foliage that adds a layer of visual depth to mixed floral arrangements. However, it is an incredibly frost-tender variety that treats the cold UK winters as an absolute death sentence, and its complex blooms make it completely useless for feeding hungry bees and butterflies.
Strict moisture management is vital to keeping this specimen alive and thriving in a plastic basket. It demands 'dry' conditions, meaning you must deliberately wait until the top few inches of the potting compost feel completely arid to the touch. Once the soil has dried out, apply a deep and thorough watering to encourage strong, downward root growth, making sure it never sits in a stagnant swamp of heavy mud.
Please Note: When purchasing plants, please consider that each live item is unique and may therefore differ from the images shown, which are for illustration purposes only. The plant will be supplied in a growers pot. Depending on season, some plants may be pruned back to encourage growth and deciduous plants may arrive without leaves.
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Geranium Bullseye Red Bedding Plants
Geranium Bullseye Red Bedding Plants
Product description
The Geranium Bullseye Red delivers an incredibly bold, traditional aesthetic with its robust clumping habit and intensely bright, scarlet flower heads. It is prized for its dark-ringed, strongly scented foliage that adds a layer of visual depth to mixed floral arrangements. However, it is an incredibly frost-tender variety that treats the cold UK winters as an absolute death sentence, and its complex blooms make it completely useless for feeding hungry bees and butterflies.
Strict moisture management is vital to keeping this specimen alive and thriving in a plastic basket. It demands 'dry' conditions, meaning you must deliberately wait until the top few inches of the potting compost feel completely arid to the touch. Once the soil has dried out, apply a deep and thorough watering to encourage strong, downward root growth, making sure it never sits in a stagnant swamp of heavy mud.
Please Note: When purchasing plants, please consider that each live item is unique and may therefore differ from the images shown, which are for illustration purposes only. The plant will be supplied in a growers pot. Depending on season, some plants may be pruned back to encourage growth and deciduous plants may arrive without leaves.
Give your plants the best start
Garden Plant Size Guide
Plants in larger pots can be multiple years older than their smaller counterparts with more mature root systems and foliage. This makes them able to thrive as a full size plant in your garden quicker than smaller alternatives.
The most common size of pot that garden plants come in are 9cm/1L/3L/5L this is in reference to the diameter at the top of the pot.
9cm potted plants still remain the most popular cost effective option though, they just may take a little patience to allow them to grow into full maturity once planted in your garden.
Plant specs, care guide & tips
Key features
Specifications
When to plant
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Planting and period of interest times are general guidelines and may vary based on your location and conditions. For best results, consult local gardening resources.
Instructions
Top Tip
The secret to endless blooms is staying on top of the deadheading process. When a flower cluster fades, trace the stem all the way back to the main branch and snap it off cleanly. This simple trick prevents your Geranium Bullseye Red from wasting energy on seed production and forces new buds to open instead.
How to Water
This specific type of plant actively despises sitting in heavy, waterlogged dirt. You must wait until the top two inches of compost feel completely dry to the touch. Once it reaches that point, give your Geranium Bullseye Red a heavy, thorough soak until water runs out the bottom of the basket.
How to Plant
To get the best structure in your bedding plants, position the roots dead centre in a high-quality loam compost. You should dig a hole just deep enough so the crown sits level with the soil surface. Doing this ensures your Geranium Bullseye Red has the perfect stable base to build its upright mound.
