The British and European Geranium Society
THE GERANIUM/PELARGONIUM FAMILY GROUP
| MAIN GROUP | DESCRIPTION |
| ZONALS | Regular sized and shaped zonal pelargoniums. Known as 'bedding geraniums'. Called 'zonals' because of the dark zone markings on the leaves. |
TYPES OF ZONALS:
| MINIATURE ZONALS | When grown in a maximum size pot of 3.5 inches, the plants are under 5 inches in height. These are touchier to grow than the dwarf zonals but bloom just as readily. They also come in tri-coloured, gold/green and fancy leaf. |
| DWARF ZONALS | When grown in a maximum size pot of 4.5 inches, the plants are under 7 inches in height. These are good window sill plants. They also come in tri-coloured, gold/green and fancy leaf. |
| STELLARS | Stellars, although different from regular zonals. They have unusual shaped leaves which are sharply lobed. Some have zone markings. The flowers also have unusual shaped petals; the bottom three being wider and wedge shaped, the top two much narrower and usually coming to a point. various shades some speckled and splashed. |
| GOLD LEAF | Where the leaves are a golden green colour instead of the regular dark green. Usually zone markings are absent but some have mahogany zone markings. |
| SILVER LEAF | Where the leaves are edged with either a wide or thin band of white or cream. In some specimens the veins are white or cream. |
| FANCY LEAF | The leaves are not the regular green and the zone markings are absent or a little different, as in named cultivar 'Distinction'. |
| TRI-COLOURED | Where there are at least three colours in the leaves, i.e. green, cream/white with red/brownish red zone markings. |
| UNUSUAL FLOWERED | Where the flowers resemble either carnations (carnation flowered), rosebuds (rosebud flowered), tulips (tulip flowered), speckled as on a bird's egg (bird's egg flowered), etc. |
OTHER DISTINCT GROUPS THAT ARE NOT ZONALS:
| DISTINCT GROUP | DESCRIPTION |
| SCENTED LEAF | The leaves have a distinct scent, i.e. rose, peppermint, cocoanut, lemon, etc. |
| REGALS | Large notched leaves and large flowers that come in a wide variety of colours. There are variegated leaf regals available. Regals also come in 'small flowered' varieties. |
| ANGELS | A cross between the scented Pelargonium Crispum (lemon scented) and a regal called 'The Shah'. Others have crossed various other species to other regals, or angels to angels to get the varieties available today. They come in a wide variety of colours. |
| UNIQUES | These plants are a cross between Regals and 'Old Scarlet Unique' originally. There are plants now available that are crosses between two different uniques. Uniques bloom even when the weather is hot and are popular because they outbloom regals. Their flowers are not as magnificent as regal flowers though. |
| IVY LEAF | You usually see these in hanging baskets. The come in a selection of colours and sizes from regular to dwarf, and the leaves come in plain, gold leaf or variegated. |
| HYBRID IVY LEAF | A cross between a ivy leaved and a true zonal. |
| DEACONS | These plants are dwarf doubled flowered, crossed between miniature zonal and ivy leaved. |
| SPECIES | Most are from South Africa, some are from Australia. The plants from which our zonals, ivy leaf, scented leaf, etc. come from. Most are for the experienced grower only as careful attention must be paid to their cultural requirements. |
| SPECIES HYBRIDS | These are not species but are hybrids of two different species or a species and a zonal, etc. Most of these are for the experienced grower only as careful attention must also be paid to their cultural requirements. |
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