Re: "Alpine Geraniums"
- Subject: Re: [IGSROBIN] "Alpine Geraniums"
- From: J* M*
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 10:26:47 -0800
Here in southern California where pelargoniums are hardy outdoors, we use
both Balcon pelargoniums and Cascades outdoors for year-round landscaping
groundcovers, on banks, and cascading over walls. The "Balcons" are typical
P. peltatum forms in all their characters, but the "Cascades" (at least
those listed by Monterey Bay nursery, with which I am familiar) are
obviously hybrids, with the blood of both P. peltatum and P, zonale clearly
evident in their foliage and stems.
John MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA 91030
USDA zone 9 Sunset zones 21/23
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>From: Ed Olson Moore <H20wrx@AOL.COM>
>To: IGSROBIN@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Subject: Re: "Alpine Geraniums"
>Date: Thu, Jan 31, 2002, 6:25 AM
>
> Maria-
>
> I've been sitting back and watching this exchange. While I really don't know
> much about Balcons, Alpines , Cascades, or whatever other term may be used,
> other than a brochure I saw a few years ago from Wheeler Farms (I believe), I
> still find this discussion confusing.
>
> Yes, there are crosses between cultivars of Pelargonium peltatum and the
> common zonal geranium, P.x hortorum. I wouldn't doubt that there are also
> crosses between P. peltatum and P.zonale, which are both true species, as
> they have the same chromosome number and chromosome size, and are part of the
> same section, Ciconium. P. zonale is considered to have been involved in the
> parentage of the zonal geranium, along with other species.
>
> I believe the plants in question (Cascades, etc.) are ivy geraniums, but is
> the basket type hanging plant you mentioned a zonale/peltatum cross, or a
> cross between cultivars of
> P.peltatum and P.x hortorum (the zonal geranium)? If it's the former, I'm
> interested in cuttings!
>
> Sincerely-
> Ed
>
> Ed Olson-Moore
> h20wrx@aol.com
