Add dramatic color and striking foliage to your garden with Geranium Black Velvet Red seeds. This unique novelty geranium variety features eye-catching leaves with rich chocolate-colored centers and vibrant green edges, beautifully contrasted by brilliant red blooms. Compact and versatile, these plants grow to approximately 12 inches tall, making them perfect for patio containers, flower beds, window boxes, hanging baskets, and mixed planter combinations.

These coated seeds are easier to sow and produce beautiful flowering plants in about 14 weeks from planting.

• 100 Geranium Black Velvet Red seeds
• Coated seeds for easier planting
• Chocolate and green foliage variety
• Bright red flowering blooms
• Product Code: G2770

Growing Information

• Common Name: Black Velvet Red Geranium
• Botanical Name: Pelargonium x hortorum
• Plant Type: Flowering annual/perennial depending on climate
• Growth Stage: Seed
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Well-draining fertile soil
• Watering: Moderate; allow slight drying between watering
• Mature Height: Approximately 12 inches
• Foliage: Chocolate center with green leaf edges
• Bloom Color: Red
• Time From Sowing to Bloom: About 14 weeks
• Germination Temperature: 72–76°F
• USDA Zones: 9–11 as perennial; annual in cooler zones
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip

Start seeds indoors in warm conditions and provide bright light after germination for strong, healthy seedlings. Pinching young plants encourages bushier growth and fuller flowering displays.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.