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Post by floydie on Apr 10, 2011 10:21:12 GMT
Come on, Floydie - I'm itching to know what your mystery plants are! Dont laugh if there not what i thought they were, I'm not 100% sure now .
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Post by peony on Apr 10, 2011 10:23:58 GMT
Come on, Floydie - I'm itching to know what your mystery plants are! Dont laugh if there not what i thought they were, I'm not 100% sure now . Promise, Floydie
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Post by floydie on Apr 10, 2011 10:43:08 GMT
I'll not put it here, its on my ID thread.
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Post by wildlifefriendly on Apr 10, 2011 21:08:36 GMT
I love hardy geraniums and have a few, couldn't tell you which ones though, I lose the labels I had a look at all the ones you gave me today, I'm afraid I can't help with their names either, there is not a label to be seen
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Post by Geranium on Apr 11, 2011 8:46:47 GMT
Post photos when they flower. I sometimes recognise them!
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Post by Cherry on Apr 11, 2011 19:02:45 GMT
I have a Geranium with a lovely name. It is a renardii I think, called Phillipe Vapelle. I found it today when I was revamping the cold frame.
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Post by Geranium on Apr 11, 2011 20:28:18 GMT
Yes, it's a very reliable pretty one, Cherry. It's a hybrid of a renardii and a platypetalum. I also have G. renardii 'Walter Ingwersen' which produced its first flowers yesterday. Both have the silvery, felty leaves. Another geranium in flower now is G. erianthemum. This one is a little disappointing, because it has a short flowering season - but very delicate blooms when it's in flower. All these geraniums like sun and poor soils.
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Post by grindle on Apr 12, 2011 4:47:05 GMT
;D I love my renardii
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Post by Geranium on Apr 12, 2011 8:10:39 GMT
My trouble is that I love them all, Grindle! ;D
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Post by seaburn on Apr 12, 2011 19:31:15 GMT
I have renardii too, I love the felty leaf. dont think mine is a variety, ust the plain species.
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Post by Lou78W on Apr 12, 2011 19:33:05 GMT
I have a baby one....hope it flowers this year. I just love the leaves though
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Post by Geranium on Apr 14, 2011 21:29:27 GMT
Next instalment - tidy little clumps. The cinereum group make neat clumps. They like a sunny position, and flower in early summer. Here are the ones I have - there's only one more in this group, a white one, which is apparently hard to grow. I haven't come across it (yet!) Geranium cinereum 'Ballerina' G. cinereum 'Carol' G. cinereum 'Lawrence Flatman' G. cinereum 'Purple Pillow' There are also several other hybrid Geraniums that make similar clumps - G. 'Memories' G. 'Little Gem' - this one has a long flowering period. G. dalmaticum G. farreri One with a long name - Geranium riversleaianum 'Russell Prichard' I have just planted the other G. riversleaianum - 'Mavis Simpson'. They need a sheltered well-drained spot, as they don't like winter wet. So even if you have limited space in your garden, there's a Geranium for you.
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Post by steve on Apr 14, 2011 22:43:01 GMT
We certainly have some quality photographers on this forum!
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Post by grindle on Apr 15, 2011 5:07:00 GMT
they really are the most versatile plants you can grow aren't they ;D
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Post by merlin on Apr 15, 2011 5:15:21 GMT
They certainly are 'G' I used to have quite a few but some tend to wonder. I think 'Little Gem' is appropriately named, the 'cushion' varieties are lovely. I only have Johnson's Blue and a couple of 'cushions' now.
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