91 – 105 days. Pinto Premium Series geranium seeds promise some of the most classic yet nevertheless eye-catching blooms available to gardeners and florists alike. Pinto Premium Series enormous 4 – 5” wide clusters of timeless geranium heads are the perfect accent to any office, bedroom, or fresh cut arrangement. Pinto Premium Series geranium seeds are ideal for 6” pots and containers so they can be shown off outdoors yet stored safely inside before the frost. Pinto Premium Series geraniums are easy to grow from seed and known to thrive in a variety of poor soils and gardens prone to heat and drought. 100 seeds.
Growing Pinto Premium Series Geranium Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Pelargonium x hortorum
- Seed Type: Annual (Perennial in zones 10 – 11)
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Pinto Premium Series geranium seeds can be sown directly after the frost but, for earliest spring blooming, begin indoors 8 – 10 weeks prior. Geraniums can be quick to germinate between 5 – 7 days without any need of light. Geraniums are just as popular indoors as they are out and many gardeners will transplant the seedlings into moveable pots to store the plants away for winter.
- Days to Maturity: 91 – 105 days
- Hardiness Zone: 3 – 11
- Planting Depth: Plant 2 – 3 seeds ¼” deep
- Plant Spacing: 12”
- Growth Habit: 12 - 18” tall mounding upright with a 12” spread and enormous 4 – 5” clusters of classic geranium blooms
- Soil Preference: Organically rich, medium moist, well-drained
- Light Preference: Full sun - Partial Shade
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Pinto Premium Series geraniums are known to perform in poor soils and gardens prone to heat and drought. Deadhead plants into the summer to promote further blooming. Avoid overwatering because plants are susceptible to mold, root rot, and leaf spots if not properly drained or ventilated. Watch for caterpillars on outdoors plants and aphids and whiteflies on indoor ones.
- Color: Signature choice of Orange Bi-Color, Salmon Splash, Lavender, Coral, Deep Rose, Deep Red, Salmon, Scarlet, Violet, White, White and Rose, and Mix
Pinto Premium Series geranium seeds can be sown directly after the frost but, for earliest spring blooming, begin indoors 8 – 10 weeks prior. Geraniums can be quick to germinate between 5 – 7 days without any need of light. Geraniums are just as popular indoors as they are out and many gardeners will transplant the seedlings into moveable pots to store the plants away for winter. Plant 2 – 3 Pinto Premium Series geranium seeds ¼” deep and 12” apart in organically rich, medium moist, and well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Pinto Premium Series geraniums are known to perform in poor soils and gardens prone to heat and drought. Deadhead plants into the summer to promote further blooming. Avoid overwatering because plants are susceptible to mold, root rot, and leaf spots if not properly drained or ventilated. Watch for caterpillars on outdoors plants and aphids and whiteflies on indoor ones. Pinto Premium Series seeds mature in 91 – 105 days as 12 – 18” tall mounding uprights with a 12” spread and enormous 4 – 5” clusters of classic geranium blooms.
Pelargonium x hortorum is member of the family Geraniaceae and is mistakenly given the common name “geranium” in North America though not actually being a geranium at all. There is some division among American horticulturalists and hobbyists as to whether or not refer to the plant by what it looks like (“geranium”) or by its true taxonomical name (“pelargonium”). Pelargonium was first cultivated in the 16th century near South Africa and has thrived as a purely ornamental variety with countless societies dedicated to its cultivation.