I understand Rozanne is a creeping, non layering geranium which is sterile so long flowering. Prefers full sunshine to shade so that might be why yours are not performing @Jason-3 (and one of mine!). I will move my original one into a sunnier position next spring.
Rozanne is not the choicest but very useful, flowers constantly and bounces back from a shearing. Only negative is it goes slightly limp in the sun in hot weather. The sprawling rangy habit is a positive if you plant it with that in mind. I think I slightly prefer Anne Thompson which has similar traits (apart from the limpness) but you don't always want that hot purple colour.
My mum has Geranium Brookside which is giving a superior display of flowers than Rozanne right now, but they won't last as long. Rozanne is a dependable supporting actor, more than the star of the show.
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@BenCotto is the flower in the picture below a poppy? - - Does Rozanne need a rich soil? I have some planted in a poor sandy soil (that will not be amended) and wonder how it will do there...
@Dovefromabove possibly not as it was grown as a division then gifted from a customer of mine, no guarantee he had the right name. Still I do love it and have divided my self and have lots of plants around the garden.
Morning @Dovefromabove it has grown very different this year for some reason, normally a sprawling plant that clambered over everything it has grown vertically making a 4ft high tower (looks like the "Gerkin" building).
My Rozanne starts off going upwards (but with almost acid-yellow foliage early on, turning green) and then widens out into a wide clump .., it starts sprawling later in the summer ... that’s when I cut it hard back and feed and water well and it starts off again in a clump ... but the flowers are quite different to yours, larger and on longer more individual stalks.
Wonder what’s going on with yours ? 😊
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Fire, not poppies but mahogany red and purple/black pansies. That’s an old photo - I had completely forgotten I ever had such planting. I also was surprised by the vigour of the tomatoes top right, behind the feeder. As you might infer, my soil is a rich loam so I cannot answer how Rozanne might fare in sandy soil.
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My mum has Geranium Brookside which is giving a superior display of flowers than Rozanne right now, but they won't last as long. Rozanne is a dependable supporting actor, more than the star of the show.
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Does Rozanne need a rich soil? I have some planted in a poor sandy soil (that will not be amended) and wonder how it will do there...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.