Growing Maverick Series Geranium Garden Seeds

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 inch deep and 15 inches 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 inch tall mounding uprights with a 15 inch spread and enormous 4-6 inch 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.