Re: Hardy geraniums

In a message dated 01/18/2001 9:21:14 PM Central Standard Time, 
maridube@teleport.com writes:

<< I grow 29 varieties of
 hardy Geraniums that seem perfectly happy, >>


You have a nice collection- I wish more were hardy for me. The smaller rock 
garden ones appeal to me too. There is always that one plant that does not 
want to be our "friend" and grow for us-makes interesting and frustrating.

The Wargrave Pink was not my choice-All I can do when a customer wants 
something is to make recommendations- I discontinued caring this Geranium a 
few years ago. It is a strong grower. 

A plant that looks good but takes up a lot of space is G. 'Johnson's Blue' 
Have not found a good way to sell them yet at the farmers market-In the one 
gallon cans they grow 2-3 feet long stems that flop all over-never looks good 
on display.


I like G. sanguineum "New Hampshire Purple" very much and I have a few 
'Philippe Vapella' that have done well, hoping this will be a good year for 
flower production now that the tree that was growing over them has been 
removed. It is a hybrid between renardii and platypetalum. With puplish-blue 
flowers and darker blue veins.

A new one from last year was a plant sold to me as G. 'Brookside' but is 
really a plant called 'Nimbus' Great geranium with a very long blooming 
period from mid spring till mid summer.  Nice blue color with a small lighter 
center. Attractive foliage that stays neat and tidy.  Plants grow 15 - 24 
inches tall.


I am gong to bore every one with a side note about geranium seeds-they are a 
pain to collect.  I have a number of diffrent forms of G. phaeum and I 
collect seed from them every year-On Geraniums you get only 4 seeds per 
flower (if any) and the seed must be collected with in two days of being ripe.

So for three weeks, I have to go out to the clumps of Geraniums each day and 
look for any seed that might be ripe.  

If one does not get to the plants on time-you have to crawl on your hands and 
knees to locate the seed on the ground.  It's worse than trying to harvest 
Pulmonaria seeds.


Marilyn, thanks for the interesting post about Geraniums

Paul

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