A new Pelargonium plant particularly distinguished by white flowers, a mounding habit, and good branching, is disclosed.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application claims priority to Switzerland Plant Variety Protection Application No. 17-3146, as filed on May 24, 2017, the entire contents are herein incorporated by reference for all the application teaches and discloses. A European Community Plant Variety Protection Application was filed on May 30, 2017, Application No. 2017/1441.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety ofPelargonium, botanically known asPelargonium zonaleand hereinafter referred to by the variety name ‘KLEPZ17435’. ‘KLEPZ17435’ originated from a hand pollination in July 2011 in Stuttgart, Germany between the female proprietaryPelargoniumvariety SUNRISE ‘XL Cassandra’, also known as ‘KLEPZ05139’ (unpatented) and the male proprietaryPelargoniumvariety SUNRISE ‘Paloma’, also known as ‘KLEPZ10271’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,664).

Seeds from the cross-combination were obtained and sown and plants were grown for evaluation. A single plant was selected in June 2012 and subsequently named ‘KLEPZ17435’. In September 2012 ‘KLEPZ17435’ was first vegetatively propagated in Stuttgart, Germany by vegetative cuttings from branches. ‘KLEPZ17435’ was found to reproduce true to type in successive generations of asexual propagation via vegetative cuttings in Stuttgart, Germany.

SUMMARY

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishing characteristics of this new variety when grown under normal horticultural practices in Stuttgart, Germany.1. White flowers;2. Mounding growth; and3. Good branching.

The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained by conventional photographic procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL LINES AND KNOWN VARIETY

‘KLEPZ17435’ is distinguished from its parents as described in Table 1:

‘KLEPZ17435’ can be compared to the commercial variety PAX ‘Iceberg’, (unpatented). Differences between the two varieties are described in Table 2: