Zoe Kathleen - Stellar pelargonium - and the tale of two cuttings

Zoe Kathleen is another stellar from the late Brian West.  This is a double stellar with pink petals speckled and splashed in red.  The leaves green with a broad dark zone.  Zoe Kathleen is a cross between Nippert and Vectis Glitter.

 Each year at the Farnborough Fuchsia & Pelargonium Society we are able to purchase for £1 a pelargonium cutting (or two) to grow on and put in the Annual Pelargonium Show.  This year our cutting is a species.    We are never told the name of the plant  so that we don’t either buy another plant if we lose ours, or grow on one we already have (as if anyone would!).   I have a pretty good idea of what it is, and as we go on I am sure you will too.  As I was unable to get to the last meeting at Farnborough our Chairman, Steve,  very kindly brought my cuttings to another meeting we both attended.

I thought it would be interesting to record here how my cuttings grow – so here is a photo of the cuttings before being potted up.   They are in 2 1/2" pots and now in 3" pots, but  look pretty much the same still.  I hope to update this here and let you know how I get on at the Show in June.