Pelargonium ‘Pride of Exmouth’

Description:
This zonal pelargonium, was raised by Mrs. A Hitchen of Exmouth, Devon, and first exhibited as a novel variety by the Surrey Pelargonium Society at the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, in June 1926. It was awarded a Reserve Medal (prohibitas non obligatum). The description states that it is vermilion flowered (intensely scarlet), dwarf, rose-like (extremely double), clustered with palmately-lobed non-zonal leaves which are plain and do not have the usual darker coloured ring around the leaf.

Threat Status: Threatened In Cultivation As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/