Re: Cutting back Geranium "Johnson's Blue"

At 04:49 PM 06/26/1999 -0400, Bob Campbell wrote:
>Now for the bad
>news.  You and I don't have G. "Johnson's Blue".  "Johnson's Blue" is
>supposedly sterile, and only about 18" tall.  Judging by your description
>your plant is much taller, closer to 30", like mine, and inclined to flop.
>It is also not sterile, since my beds are now covered in seedlings, many of
>which are now blooming in a lovely blue (although I have quite a few
>sangineums blooming too).  I think they are probably G. pratense, the meadow
>cranesbill, which is an admirable plant except for it's tendency to flop.

Very interesting!  What ever it is, it is pretty.  I'll definately try
placing a peony cage around it next year.  That should prevent the
flopping.  But next weekend it's getting a brutal pruning whether it's
finished flowering or not.

Leslie
zone 3 southern Manitoba

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