91 – 105 days. Maverick Series geranium seeds are an adorable, compact, and vibrant addition to grow in any home or garden. Maverick Series seeds grow hardy 12 – 18” bushy geranium mounds tidy enough for indoor gardening, yet robust enough to keep outside during the long summer months. Maverick Series geranium seeds promise dazzling 4 – 6” lush blooming clusters atop robust stalks certain to excite any garden, fresh cut arrangement, or bouquet. Maverick Series geraniums are durable and easy to grow from seed, ideal for indoor containers and pots or for a charming border around the flower bed or walkway. 100 seeds.
Growing Maverick Series Geranium Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Pelargonium x hortorum
- Seed Type: Annual (Perennial in zones 10 – 11)
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Maverick 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: 15”
- Growth Habit: 12 - 18” tall mounding upright with a 15” spread and enormous 4 – 6” clusters of classic geranium blooms
- Soil Preference: Organically rich, medium moist, well-drained
- Light Preference: Full sun - Partial Shade
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Maverick 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 Appleblossom, Coral, Quicksilver, Star, Salmon, Scarlet, Violet, Orange, Red, Pink, White, and Mix
Maverick 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 Maverick Series geranium seeds ¼” deep and 15” apart in organically rich, medium moist, and well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Maverick 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. Maverick Series seeds mature in 91 – 105 days as 12 – 18” tall mounding uprights with a 15” spread and enormous 4 – 6” 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 to 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.