MEMBERS’ SUMMER CHALLENGE
Class 61 in the Summer Show
Each member of the Ropley Horticultural Society is provided with a plug plant in the Spring to grow on and exhibit in the Summer Show.
The Summer Challenge Cup is awarded to the best exhibit.
The plant for the 2025 Summer Challenge is:
Pelargonium “Horizon Raspberry Ripple”
(Pale pink with darker pink centres)
A fabulous and reliable performer, 'Horizon Raspberry Ripple' is a stand-out upright bedding pelargonium with rounded clusters of pale pink flowers with darker pink centres. Uniform, well-branched, lush foliaged plants bearing multiple stemmed large, strong flowers, perfect in shape and shatter free. These are compact plants with excellent branching which create an eye-catching display in borders and containers.
Pelargonium Growing Guide
- Pot into a 3½" (9cm) pot of multi-purpose compost. Keep moist but do not overwater.
- Keep warm either indoors on a windowsill (not too sunny) or in a greenhouse with propagator, maintaining 15°C/60°F until all signs of frost have gone.
- Pot on every 6 weeks until the maximum pot size of 23cm or 9 inches internal diameter is reached.
- Give a liquid feed every 2 weeks once flowering begins