Pelargonium PAC Viva Carolina - description, planting and care
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Amazing pelargonium PAC Viva Carolina fascinates many growers with its gradient fluffy inflorescences and luscious greenery. This unpretentious perennial makes balconies, greenhouses and plots elegant without requiring much effort to care for it. One of the main advantages of Viva Carolina is long flowering - about 9 months a year.
Description of the pelargonium variety PAC Viva Carolina and its characteristics
Viva Carolina belongs to the Geraniev family, as indicated by its ivy-like juicy dark green leaves. It is a medium-sized flower with creeping shoots that can spread up to 1.5 meters in length. On average, one bush gains up to 50-60 cm in height.
Luxurious terry inflorescences of Viva Carolina give a sense of celebration
The flowers of the plant are rosaceous, semi-double, thickening with age. Young buds are no different from pink ones, but every year they become more fluffy, with a broken "skirt". At first, 3-5 buds are formed on the peduncles, and then their number can grow.
Flowering lasts from late March to November. In good conditions under artificial lighting, it can continue in winter. This type of geranium is quite resistant, it tolerates temperatures up to +7 ° C. It is recommended to keep the plant indoors, on a heated balcony, in a greenhouse. In summer, you can grow it outdoors.
Other types of PAC Viva
Pelargonium PAK Viva Karolina has "sisters" - geranium varieties similar in general characteristics with a unique color of inflorescences:
- PAC Viva Madeleine. It has a pleasant creamy shade, the flowers are pink and white in one plexus. Against this background, a red core of stamens stands out.
- PAC Viva Rosita. It is a scarlet-red geranium with delicate flowers glowing in the sun, reminiscent of a cross between a peony and a rose.
- PAC Viva Maria is a delicate flower similar in color to orchids: the edges of the petals are pale pink or white, and the bases are crimson.
There is also a variant of Princess Carolina. These are exotic buds in a coral-watermelon scale with variegated, dotted petals. Usually Pelargonium Princess Caroline is a delicate pink flower with bright blotches, but in special conditions it can be vice versa.
Geranium Viva Carolina is associated with wedding bouquets
"Sisters" look good together, complementing each other with their outfits. Such a bouquet will definitely bring lightness and solemnity to the greenhouse.
Planting, reproduction and further care
Pelargonium Viva Carolina is planted in neutral soil, it is unpretentious to the composition of the soil, a standard garden mixture is suitable. It is recommended to fertilize with complex fertilizer 2 times a month.
The plant does not need frequent watering, it is enough to keep the earthen lump moist and not flood the roots. The ivy plant normally tolerates occasional leaf spraying to remove dust.
Pelargonium Carolina bushes well on its own, but to make the plant more fluffy and achieve a spherical bush, you can pinch and prune the shoots.
Pelargonium Viva Carolina is propagated by cuttings. First you need to root the material. At home, you can put a cutting in a pot at the end of February. In the open field, this is done after the end of the frost and the complete warming of the soil.
Diseases and pests
According to the descriptions of florists, the house plant is not susceptible to attacks by pests and fungi. If the root system is often flooded, or geraniums lived next to infected plants, it is worth carrying out preventive treatment with appropriate means.
Decorative application
Sometimes Viva Carolina is used in landscape design. In this case, a short bush is placed in the foreground or middle ground. In home and artificial (insulated) flower beds, the plant looks great in hanging pots, in pots and flowerpots on the ground and on stands.
Flowers look perfect on a windowsill or curbstone and do not need company due to their brightness and originality. Nevertheless, the plant will play great surrounded by the raspberry and lilac-blue inflorescences of other plants.
Lush pelargonium Carolina will delight almost all year round
Everyone who wants to bring airy lightness and lush solemnity to their flower garden should have at least one of the Viva geraniums, and she will delight with her charm every day.
