Re: Geranium 'Samobar'
Thank you for your reply, Graham.
But would you mind delving into your source....is it really a phaeum???
I thought it was a psilostemon, which I dearly love, and I bought mostly
on the basis of it being a psilostemon.
I've got to gloat....I got my 72 Ger Ann Folkhard and apparently I
double ordered the plants from two different TC labs, as it looks like I
am getting 72 more.
I don't care. I'll go roll in the excess on a sunny day.
Also coming: Heuchera 'Velvet Night'. I'm so excited! I ordered it
about 6 months ago based on a fantastic picture. Have you seen or grown
it yourself?
Graham Rice wrote:
>
> 'Samobor' (note the spelling) is a form of Geranium phaeum collected in the
> wild in 1990 by Elizabeth Strangman of Washfield Nursery in Kent, England.
> It's named after the village in Croatia where it was found growing with
> Helleborus atrorubens. 'Samobor' is one of two seedlings brought back to
> England, the more striking of the two was named.
>
> The flowers are the usual shade but the leaves are boldly blotched in
> maroon. In spring the mounded foliage is very striking, then as the flower
> stems stretch the leaf markings are retained (see picture).
>
> In my garden, planted in isolation, it seems to seed reasonably true - that
> is, all the seedlings are blotched but the extent of the blotch varies. The
> seedlings, of course, should not carry the cultivar name.
>
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