Gitte Ådahl and her 'Rolls Royce’ of pelargoniums, the Zonartics

Gitte Ådahl is a Swedish pelargonium breeder. After spending a good time in Italy, she returned to Sweden where she fell in love with the Pelargonium genus and began cultivating them out of passion. The curiosity this genus sparked led her to discover the Zonartic pelargoniums, a category created by the Australian breeder Cliff Blackman. Having fallen for these flowers, she started acquiring as many varieties as possible, but by 2010, there weren't many Zonartics circulating in Europe. These fascinating flowers have enchanted her until she made a huge decision. Gitte have arrived that time to the conclusion that if she wanted new and indent Zonartics, she would have to start creating them herself through hybridation.
Once she learned how to hybridize, the process of obtaining seeds was simple. Some mother plants yielded many seeds, others none. Breeding is a slow process with many failures. The question arose of what to name the resulting seedlings. This is where the prefix 'Cara' comes in—a sweet word in memory of her time spent in Italy—followed by evocative words that the plant itself seemed to suggest to her. Sometimes popping out from a book, sometimes dedicated to her relatives.
Thus, over the last 15 years, Gitte Ådahl has obtained increasingly astonishing varieties of zonal, stellar, and particularly Zonartic pelargoniums, a category she herself defines as the 'Rolls Royce' of Pelargoniums. These ones have little in common with the zonal types we are accustomed to; they are capricious, seductive plants that bloom sometimes profusely, sometimes they let you beg for a flower bud, but the beauty of seeing one bud opening is worthing enough to grow them, no one can remain indifferent to these flowers.
Gitte loves colors in general, and this is why her creations feature varieties with the most astonishing color palettes and unusual shapes, ranging from simple to rosebud flowers that resemble a bouquet of roses.
She currently has about 600 varieties in her collection, many of which are her own creations. This is the result of years of work and observation, ensuring she offers enthusiasts only healthy, robust plants that meet her exacting criteria.