Geranium palmatum
27th June 2015
There is a small group of Geranium from the Canary Islands and Madiera that are spectacular, on the tender side
and frustratingly monocarpic. If I had a sunny open garden I would strew the seed until it came up like mustard and cress
but I haven't. I live in a lightly wooded Camellia refuge where the rabbits could walk about naked if they chose without any fear of sunburn.
Geranium palmatum is the most reliable of them for me. Seedlings planted in large tubs usually get large enough to flower and
persist for a year or two before winter or senility gets them. It rarely gets large enough to make a spectacular mound of flowers
and G. maderense hasn't yet lasted long enough to flower.
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