RE: revelation - geraniums

Jesse, can you post it so all of us can see?

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5) 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:42 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] revelation - geraniums

send the pic to me too please :)

Donna

--- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:

> Jesse, I'd love to see pics of the small garden you described.  I just 
> checked PDN's geranium, Ouch! $12.00!  I put in 31 small (4 inch that 
> I moved up to quart 6 wks b4 planting) ones.  They are small, but this 
> plant thickens up in a few years.  This plant has the Award of Garden 
> Merit from RHS.  I like the habit of var. striatum better than the 
> regular Geranium sanguineum because it is shorter.  It doesn't splay 
> open as much.  You can shear it back as the flowering slows down and 
> it will put out more, but I've found that even without the shearing it 
> will throw sporadic flowers throughout the season.  The fall color is 
> a lovely maroon.
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jesse Bell" <silverhawk@flash.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] revelation
> 
> 
> > Kitty, I love the photos as well...and I really
> like your walkway. Is
> > that landscape timber that you used? And I am
> ordering some of that
> > Bloody Cranesbill from Plant Delights this year. I
> was so pleased with
> > my other perennial geranium that I decided to
> expand this year.
> >
> >
> > I found a really pretty, small garden, design that
> just sort of
> > "happened" when Pam gave me a perennial hibiscus
> last year. I had a
> > small circle garden that was rather "blah" and I
> planted it there. I had
> > no idea what color the flowers would be
> (lavender). This year it bloomed
> > and it goes just GREAT with the plants already in
> there...Purple
> > Coneflower and dark purple Cosmos that reseeded
> from last year. I just
> > love it.
> >
> >
> > Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> >  Thanks Donna. I don't concentrate on design, I
> just grow what I want and
> > try to make it fit in. But it is not done without
> any thought to
> > placement.
> > I have developed beds with pleasing curves but
> also with some straight
> > lines
> > where apropriate. And I do think about what plant
> works best where when
> > installing.
> >
> > The tenders bed has to be done every year so this
> year I made an effort to
> > design a permanent repeating edging so that the
> front gardens have a more
> > formal appearance. I have one swath of Russian
> Stonecrop around a tree,
> > and
> > I just planted most of the rest of the edges with
> Lancaster Geraniums aka
> > the striatum variety of Bloody Cranesbill. I know
> they are pretty common,
> > but I have always liked them and they are a real
> workhorse plant looking
> > good during the whole growing season with a
> changing appearance.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Donna"
> > To:
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 6:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] revelation
> >
> >
> >> Thanks for hanging in there and getting them
> posted.
> >>
> >> Your place looks great! Nice designs as
> everything
> >> looks like it fits in naturally.
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
> >> --- Kitty wrote:
> >>
> >>> It's back in business.
> >>> Here are some photos from my roof. Can't see
> much
> >>> of anything in backyard;
> >>> almost all of this is the south and east sides.
> >>>
> >>
>
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kmrsy/album?.dir=/772cre2&.src=ph
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Donna"
> >>> To:
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 10:18 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] revelation
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Yahoo will get it's act together again. they
> did
> >>> the
> >>> > same thing a few days ago.
> >>> >
> >>> > One of my other groups is starting the yearly
> road
> >>> > rally race and we were having a 23 min delay
> in
> >>> > getting messages to just post to the site,
> longer
> >>> to
> >>> > actually get to your inbox. sigh.
> >>> >
> >>> > Donna
> >>> > who thinks they have server problems, cause
> the
> >>> backup
> >>> > came back in the wrong time order...
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > --- Kitty wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> >> Well darn. I spent all that time getting them resized, 
> >>> >> uploaded, edited and now there seems to be a problem with 
> >>> >> yahoo.
> I'll
> >>> >> try to post later or
> >>> >> tomorrow.
> >>> >> Kitty
> >>> >> neIN, Zone 5
> >>> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> >> From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan"
> >>> >>
> >>> >>
> >>> >> >I look forward to your photos, Kitty!
> >>> >> > Blessings,
> >>> >> > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >>> >> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> >> [o*@hort.net] On
> >>> >> > Behalf
> >>> >> > Of Kitty
> >>> >> > Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 8:23 PM
> >>> >> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>> >> > Subject: [CHAT] revelation
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > MG stuff is in maintenance mode now so I
> had
> >>> the
> >>> >> whole weekend to myself.
> >>> >> > I
> >>> >> > stuck two full boxes of shrub and a tree
> >>> cuttings,
> >>> >> mostly using Clonex but
> >>> >> > also tried some gel containers. Cut out
> >>> deadwood
> >>> >> and overgrowth and
> >>> >> > bundled
> >>> >> > for pickup. Lots of other odds and ends
> too,
> >>> but
> >>> >> for each thing I
> >>> >> > scratched
> >>> >> > off my list, I added another. Still, feels
> >>> good.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> > When I got on the roof to clean the
> gutters, I
> >>> was
> >>> >> surprised at how easy
> >>> >> > it
> >>> >> > was getting up there. Last year it seemed
> >>> >> difficult and I remember
> >>> >> > worrying
> >>> >> > that the older I get the more difficult it
> is
> >>> and
> >>> >> how much longer would I
> >>> >> > be
> 
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