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Trusty labelling?

WildlifeloverWildlifelover Posts: 380
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Saw this in the local Wilko but the image doesn't look like the Johnson Blue plant I've seen before?

Is this just an error with the image or a misleading plant name?

Thanks. 

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I think it will probably be Johnson's Blue but I agree packaging is misleading. It is an easy geranium to grow and very easy to get out of hand in my garden. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    It's difficult to say without seeing the leaves and flowers of the growing plant!  However, I suspect that the colour reprographics at the printers are at fault, Johnson's Blue is much more of a rich sky blue than a mauve blue.  Worth a try for £2!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • WildlifeloverWildlifelover Posts: 380
    I'm cautious as I bought a 'Johnson's Blue' from a local fruit shop last year (as a small plant in a 9cm pot) and it certainly wasn't that variety as it grew absolutely huge, had much different flowers and took over a bed!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It could also be faded. Someone last year had a similar problem with a plant label, and that's what was wrong.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • WildlifeloverWildlifelover Posts: 380
    Ah, ok. I bought a couple so fingers crossed the packaging is just odd!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I was thinking of plant labels - as in the ones in pots, so @Plantminded is probably right and it's an error with the print. Blues are notoriously difficult to reproduce.
    Fingers crossed it's the plant you want though.  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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