Geraniaceae 2014

[fermi de Sousa]

A new Pelargonium for us, Pelargonium auritum var carneum
cheers
femri

[mark smyth]

Geranium libani is about to flower for the first time since getting it. It lives in a clay pot in the sand plunge.

How hardy is it?

[mark smyth]

The flowers have now started to open

[mark smyth]

and my favourite Pelargonium, I only have one these days, P. iocastrum growing in the sand plunge. It has had flowers for over a year now but right now there are 100s of them covering three plants

[mark smyth]

spring leaf colour

oxonianum Spring Fling
oxonianum Katherine Adele

[zephirine]

Geranium libani is about to flower for the first time since getting it. It lives in a clay pot in the sand plunge.

How hardy is it?

Both G. libani and G. libani x pelopponesiacum thrive here in zone 7B, Mark.
Ther are both in buds so far...

[mark smyth]

You will be warmer than me in the winter. I have G. libani x pelopponesiacum, now called 'Solitaire', in the garden but I don't think it will flower this year. Every year it gets smaller

I have G. pelopponesiacumin a south facing raised trough but it has only flowered once since I got it

[zephirine]

You think so? We had -21°C (very temporarily), and continuous frost during 3 weeks, during the 2011-2012 winter. I already had G. libani x pelopponesiacum at that time (but not G. libani), and it did survive.
I have it since spring 2009. It is spreading quite nicely, on the north side of a long and high deciduous hedge, in a tough and wet clayish soil, without any particular protection.

[johnralphcarpenter]

A tuberous geranium from Janis which he called Geranium "macrophyllum" 'Marocco', no doubt now properly identified.

[mark smyth]

Ralph mine died in winter 2010 - if you ever have spare tubers maybe we can swap

Pelargonium iocastrum is stunning today in the green house sand plunge

[johnralphcarpenter]

Geranium tuberosum BATM-324 from Janis. Does not spread as quickly as "macrophyllum".

[mark smyth]

G. tuberosum is usually blue. Is that one pink or does the camera see it different?

Flowering for the first time in years in my garden is Geranium malviflorum. I don't know why it doesn't flower

[johnralphcarpenter]

G. tuberosum is usually blue. Is that one pink or does the camera see it different?

It's pink.

From Janis' website:

"Geranium tuberosum BATM-324

Originally it was collected under the name “macrostylum”. I like this one for the excellent shape of leaves which attracted the attention in the wild and were the reason of its collecting. From Kisidagi gec. in Turkey".

Here's the picture on his website.

[David Nicholson]

Geranium sanguineum 'Tiny Monster'. As the name suggests a little plant with very big flowers.

[johnralphcarpenter]

I have a lot of Geraniums with lost or buried labels. Can anyone identify these?