RE: RE:Geranium Johnson's Blue

Gene,
 Your Johnson's Blue sounds different than mine! I certainly wouldn't
describe mine as a small shrub.  Can't ever recall seeing one anywhere that
resembles a small shrub.  I will try to get a good picture of mine into my
online picture album so you can see if yours and mine are anything at all
alike.  I am not familiar with Lambs, don't know anyone who has ordered from
them, so have no idea regarding the odds of them having the real thing.
Very interesting!
 Robin Parer is the hardy Geranium guru on the west coast (past pres
Geranium Society, nurserywoman specializing in hardy Gs) .  You might like
to check out her web site at www.Geraniaceae.com to see how see describes
JB.
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of GeneBush
Sent:	Monday, June 04, 2001 3:59 AM
To:	perennials@mallorn.com
Subject:	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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