Pelargonium Identification please

Hi All,
I have these two Pelargoniums, I was wondering if anyone could tell me which variety they are.

 

They are more than likely just bog standard F1 Hybrids...

 

They are Zonal Pelargoniums, identifiable by the different coloured 'zone' on the leaves. I also suspect they are F1 Hybrids, the red and peach being two of the usual colours, therefore, I cannot identify them further in my colour guide books.

 

I have one very similar to the red one and mine's called "Mrs Pollock"

 

Thanks everyone.
Sweetpeas, Does your "Mrs Pollock" have coloured leaves or just green?

 

coloured, with the red band like your pic

 

Ah Right, I looked in the garden center today at a "Mrs Pollock" and it had distinct colours Yellow, darkish red and green. It looked quite different to mine.

 

Snappers - it can be quite difficult to tell the variety of some of the most popular plants like Pelargoniums as there are so many. I am not sure how many different Pelargonium cultivars (ie bred by gardeners as opposed to species, which are the ones that occur in the wild) there are, - I suspect several thousand. But I do know that there are over 40,000 different named Dahlias and a similar number of Hemerocallis (day lily). So its dificult to know that you have the exactly right one, as there could be 100 that look very similar!

 

Cheers Peter, it's not a problem. I just wondered if someone knew which they were so I could label them. I have learnt from my mistakes now and label everything I plant (well ulmost)

 

The one I bought of mrs pollock has the yellow leaves yes but the cuttings I took last year from Mrs Pollock haven't got the yellow and look like the first pic.

 

Snappers - I think the main thing to know is that they are zonal Pelargoniums. Because that will determine the treatment that they need. For instance Zonals go completely dormant in the winter - so you can overwinter them as bare roots. However Regal Pelargoniums continue to grow, albeit slowly, even as temperatures approach zero.

There is a further complication to the naming game and that is that you can get different plants with exactly the same name. I have two different red Penstomen both bearing the name 'Raven' - but they are quite different. There is a number of such incidents recored in the specialist books. We all take names as gospel. But you only need one nursery to mix labels, or to sell seedlings (which are inherently variable) under the parents name for the variety to veer off course.

 

Thanks Peter,
I have overwintered them in my greenhouse and they have continued to grow and are now in flower. Some of my other ones did look as though they had died but are now starting to come back to life :gnthb:
Which I am very pleased about.