What's eating my pelargonium x domesticum 'chocolate blotch'?

Pelargonium x domesticum 'Chocolate Blotch' (regal geranium) shares the typical regal geranium pest profile. Aphids attack soft new growth, particularly around flower buds. Vine weevil grubs are the most destructive threat in containers. Whitefly colonize the undersides of leaves in warm, sheltered positions or under glass.

Distorted shoot tips, sticky honeydew, and sooty mold on leaves; bud damage reduces flowering Spray with insecticidal soap or neem oil; wipe off colonies with a damp cloth; use yellow sticky traps as a monitor

Notched leaf margins from adults; grubs consume roots causing sudden collapse in midsummer Drench container compost with Steinernema kraussei nematodes in late summer; repot annually and remove any white grubs found

Clouds of white flies when foliage disturbed; sticky honeydew and sooty mold on leaves Hang yellow sticky traps near plants; apply insecticidal soap or pyrethrin sprays; use Encarsia formosa in greenhouse conditions