Re: RE:Geranium Johnson's Blue

Hello Marilyn,
    Believe I have the "true" or "real" Johnson's Blue here in the garden. I
purchased it many years back, I believe, from Lambs. I have tried to locate it
ever since from wholesalers, but gave up after receiving a mounding flopper or
reading descriptions I knew was wrong.
    I checked mine out with Peter Yeo's book and it seems to key out. Very stiffly
upright in habit.. more like a small shrub. Large leaves, light violet-blue
flowers. Cut it back and it re-blooms. It is not completely sterile... does seed a
bit. I have offered a few seeds in the past.
    Isn't the world of cultivars wonderful?
    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Marilyn Dube <mygarden@easystreet.com>
Subject: RE:Geranium Johnson's Blue


> Hi SP!
>  According to Irene Moss of Highfield Gardens Nursery who grows more hardy
> Geraniums than any other nursery I can think of - there are many G.
> Johnson's Blue imposters & look alikes being sold out there.  The true JB is
> sterile, so can't be seed grown - only propagated vegetatively.  The JB I
> purchased from her (I assume to be the real deal) makes a nice mound but
> does have a rather open habit.  I can't tell if mine flops because it is
> growing at the top of the cottage stone wall around the rockery with several
> other hardy geraniums.  So maybe they just hold each other up.
> Marilyn Dube'
> Natural Designs Nursery
> Portland, Oregon


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