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Geranium Rozanne

CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
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The Rozanne I planted under a Magnolia in May has really laid down flat now and is growing right across the path to get light as the Magnolia didn't have leaves on it when I put them in earlier in the year to create some interest under the bush/tree. (7ft x 7ft) I know it dosen't self seed as it is sterile but can I cut it back hard?  Perhaps to around 6 inches and will it come back next year? 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes, chop it back hard ... it'll reappear next year just fine  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    thanks again Dove, you are so helpful X
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
     ;) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    As Dove says, cut it back if you want too but if you don’t want such a huge area of it next year you’ll have to chop half of it out from the roots. 
    I don’t know why it won the RHS award, it’s very untidy. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • CopperdogCopperdog Posts: 617
    Thanks Lyn, I have cut it back hard now.  I love it but wish is was a little shorter and stood up more on its own but I think I didn't plant it in the best place - looked great early in the year when the Magnolia was bare and it had plenty of light but now it is full of leaves its growing right across the path by a couple of feet just to catch some I guess. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Mine too!   When you think how expensive they are to buy, mine have to be confined to compost bin every year, I hate throwing plants away but no one ever wants them. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited August 2018
    I find it’s far less sprawly in full sun all day than it is even in light shade. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • chickychicky Posts: 10,410
    Mine’s not sprawly, but also in full sun - maybe thats the trick.  I think it won the award as it flowers profusely and non stop from May to October ......wouldn’t be without it 😀
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I had a sprawly one in my last garden till I moved it to full sun and it behaved well and flowered for ages.  I suggest you move yours somewhere sunnier and think about planting geranium macrorhizum under the magnolia.  It will flower in spring before the leaf cover comes and then not get too leggy.  Available in white, pale pink and deep ping but not blue.  Geranium sanguineum would be OK there too.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’ll move mine, split it up and plant in fuller sun. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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