Re: [IGS] Geranium Johnson's Blue

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• Subject: Re: [IGS] Geranium Johnson's Blue
• From: "* L* P* <d*@OLYMPUS.NET>
• Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 19:59:35 -0700
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Garden Nut wrote:
>
> Hi:
>
> Does the above geranium usually get pretty lanky?  I have one
> plant that gets absolutely floppy and I am thinking of cutting it
> to the ground and letting it start over.  It's blooming nice but
> leaning down from the center with few leaves on the lower part of
> the stems.
>
We grow 20 varieties of hardy geraniums, and Johnsons Blue is known to
do just this.  Flop.  Yes, by all means, shear it down hard, and it will
come back within 2-3 weeks with a nice flush of leaves, and perhaps a
flower or two.
Geranium himalayense is very, very similar, but stays tight after
blooming.  You'd have to be a geranium collector to tell the difference
between the two.
--
The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA  98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8

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