I liked 'Samobor' planted with a froth of Luzula nivea, which is white and therefore highlighted the dark purple flowers. 'Wendy's Blush' looks a nice variety, thanks for the heads up on that. All the phaeums are woodland-y plants to me, and suit a more natural look, or just to fill a dry shady spot..
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour".
No - I don't like it @Topbird I grew it in a previous garden, and eventually realised these pastel, wishy washy pink and blue colours are a bit useless in our greyer climate here. Peach is another colour I can't thole.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I was worried phaeum would be a bit of a lumpen thug in my tiny garden, but in fact it behaves itself quite well and hasn't looked tatty so far. (Time will tell). I have given G. pratense the requisite three strikes, as also G. 'Dragon Heart'--each time they did well the first year and were then murdered by molluscs, never to reappear. But phaeum, nodosum and macrorrhizum seem immune or largely so. G. 'Derrick Cooke' is reemerging this year after some years in a pot, but that may be just luck--fewer molluscs this year than usual.
I grow it here ... and several clumps do a good job on a corner of a bed under a very large oak. The pale green foliage is nice and fresh looking just now with lots of little Tete a Tete daffies in amongst it. It hides their dying foliage nicely as it grows. It comes back nicely when cut back late in late summer, and stays fresh over winter. So a good do-er. My only problem with it is that it does self seed very freely. This is really a problem of my own making as I should cut it all back earlier in the summer. But our honeybees love it so much it always seems a shame to chop the last few flowers down. By then it's usually done it's thing with the seeds going everywhere
G Nodosum is also a bit too free with it's seeds. It's a bit too pink for my taste, but was a gift, so I've kept it .... for now.
Bee x
Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
The only geranium that seeds itself too freely in my garden is a really thuggish gaudy pink one. I'd hoik the lot out but it's the only thing that grows in a couple of really difficult (shade. moisture, soil and access wise) parts of the border.
Been looking at phaeum 'Wendys Blush. Don't think I've ever seen it but I may be about to order it😁 Thanks Cambridge Rose🙂
Does anybody grow 'Salome'? It looks very pretty on-screen...
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
I like g. nodosum for its shiny leaves and the flowers show up in deep shade. But in richer, deeper soil it's proved to be a real pain, and the roots go down a long way, making it difficult to dig out.
It's nice to think that anyone, member or one-time viewer, who is using the search facility on the forum for geranium phaeum will access all this useful information, and maybe add to it. It's good
Agreed @woodgreen - that's this forum working at its best🙂
Reference your earlier posting: I wish G. nodosum would be more of a problem plant here - it's a plant I really like - especially the white one. Unfortunately, I suspect the climate is too dry and the soil still too early in the grand 'soil improvement' programme to be described as anything beyond average to good - so it probably won't happen any time soon!
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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I grew it in a previous garden, and eventually realised these pastel, wishy washy pink and blue colours are a bit useless in our greyer climate here. Peach is another colour I can't thole.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It comes back nicely when cut back late in late summer, and stays fresh over winter.
So a good do-er.
My only problem with it is that it does self seed very freely. This is really a problem of my own making as I should cut it all back earlier in the summer. But our honeybees love it so much it always seems a shame to chop the last few flowers down. By then it's usually done it's thing with the seeds going everywhere
G Nodosum is also a bit too free with it's seeds.
It's a bit too pink for my taste, but was a gift, so I've kept it .... for now.
Bee x
A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
Been looking at phaeum 'Wendys Blush. Don't think I've ever seen it but I may be about to order it😁 Thanks Cambridge Rose🙂
Does anybody grow 'Salome'? It looks very pretty on-screen...
Reference your earlier posting: I wish G. nodosum would be more of a problem plant here - it's a plant I really like - especially the white one. Unfortunately, I suspect the climate is too dry and the soil still too early in the grand 'soil improvement' programme to be described as anything beyond average to good - so it probably won't happen any time soon!