Geranium Traversii Elegans, information wanted

[Lesley Cox]

Dammit! I went to the dentist this afternoon and came away from there totally forgetting to call for the Geranium. I'll phone them and ask for a plant to be kept for me until the weekend.

Rob yours looks pretty much like the one I saw and I think it WAS called 'Purple Passion.' It was even darker than that, but that would be the different light conditions I guess.

[Lori S.]

Yeo says "it is easily lost lost... through winter damp"

Only time will tell, of course, but that statement always gives me a thread of encouragement!

[Lesley Cox]

Lori, I see we have another Forum poster in Calgary, called just, JC (pmm).

I accidentally deleted the topic in my Inbox that concerned the tropical waterlilies. You mentioned growing them under glass. I'd wondered about a spa pool.

[mark smyth]

G. sessiliflorum var nigricans  is quite invasive in gardens here

[maggiepie]

Maggie,

Just took this, with some persicaria as a guide to size and colour. Sorry about the quality - I'm visually challenged .

Thanks Rob, I'm in love!!

[maggiepie]

G. sessiliflorum var nigricans  is quite invasive in gardens here

Will keep my eye on mine if they survive winter.

[David Lyttle]

Geranium traversii grows well and seeds freely for me in the open garden. It should be hardy down to about -3 to 4 degrees though I am not sure how it would cope with being under snow for several weeks. The possums love it and will eat it down to the roots, but apart from that, it is hardy and persistent.

Geranium sessiliflorum has three colour forms, brown, green and an intermediate olive. Leaf colour is determined by one locus with two alleles neither of which is dominant the heterozygote giving the intermediate olive. There is also a coastal form Geranium sessiliflorum var arenarium.  I am not sure of the status of Geranium sessiliflorum var nigricans. I am guessing it is a horticultural selection rather than a valid variety. The species in all its forms seeds freely. The flowers are fairly small a borne well down among the leaves - it is not exactly a choice plant.

I am posting a picture of Geranium traversii growing in the wild on the Chatham Islands.

[Lori S.]

G. sessiliflorum var. nigricans has survived a winter here, so far.

[Lesley Cox]

Hybrids based on G. traversii shouldn't be invasive even in best conditions. G. sessiliflorum in both green and dark forms does seed about however, profusely.

[maggiepie]

Geranium traversii grows well and seeds freely for me in the open garden. It should be hardy down to about -3 to 4 degrees though I am not sure how it would cope with being under snow for several weeks. The possums love it and will eat it down to the roots, but apart from that, it is hardy and persistent.

Geranium sessiliflorum has three colour forms, brown, green and an intermediate olive. Leaf colour is determined by one locus with two alleles neither of which is dominant the heterozygote giving the intermediate olive. There is also a coastal form Geranium sessiliflorum var arenarium.  I am not sure of the status of Geranium sessiliflorum var nigricans. I am guessing it is a horticultural selection rather than a valid variety. The species in all its forms seeds freely. The flowers are fairly small a borne well down among the leaves - it is not exactly a choice plant.

I am posting a picture of Geranium traversii growing in the wild on the Chatham Islands.

David, thanks for the information, although I do have to say that mine will be under snow for 3-4 months rather than weeks.
The pic shows you can't beat the way nature plans things.