I'm sentimental. yes I am. I llke a bit of history: Buxtons Blue and Johnsons Blue are good ones for me in a touch od shade but not as long flowering as Rozeanne.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I suppose the nearest to red is Geranium Phaeum ‘Samboor’ which is a rich reddish burgundy. I would love to grow it, but it needs a damp, shady spot which I will never have. The damp bit anyway!
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@fairygirl - Biokovo does behave well for me, but I mainly use it for ground cover under roses and shrubs where I want something very low growing and able to cope easily with either shade or sun and both summer drought and winter wet. I don't use it as a feature plant as such - but it's a very useful 'doer' for spots where there aren't many alternatives.
I suspect our very dry summers help keep it in check and I have very deep borders with lots of space to fill up. I've never found it to be a nuisance plant. 🙂
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That's where it is here @Topbird - groundcover around shrubs and other planting, but it's too thuggish - strangling an Actea I have, among other things. I keep having to pull it out. I may have to have a full on go at it next year, with weed killer and a fork.
I really dislike the colour of it too, which doesn't help
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Really? @Fairygirl. That is a surprise - it pulls out really easily here (especially when the ground is damp) - not a plant I'd ever need to control with weedkiller.
Must be something to do with our (very) different climates don't you think?
I think the colour is lovely - really delicate - almost white but with the faintest tinge of pink. Just the sort of colour you hate the most😆
Wish I could grow Actea - far too dry most years in this garden😢
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
I think it must like the conditions right enough. Acteas are quite easy here, although we're now experiencing some drier spells more frequently, so I won't be able to shove as many things which like permanent moisture, into a border close together, in the way I used to do. A similar problem to those struggling with lots of drought - just a different set of plants. Yes - I hate pastel colours!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Elke is one-off my favourites - a bright purple-pink
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Another blue one, but Geranium "Orion" is a lovely plant and taller growing than Rozanne. It will bloom all summer if cut back when the flowers finish.
The dwarf Geranium Giuseppe is a cheerful deep pink which spreads and is useful tumbling over the edge of a raised bed or border.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I suspect our very dry summers help keep it in check and I have very deep borders with lots of space to fill up. I've never found it to be a nuisance plant. 🙂
I may have to have a full on go at it next year, with weed killer and a fork.
I really dislike the colour of it too, which doesn't help
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Must be something to do with our (very) different climates don't you think?
I think the colour is lovely - really delicate - almost white but with the faintest tinge of pink. Just the sort of colour you hate the most😆
Wish I could grow Actea - far too dry most years in this garden😢
Yes - I hate pastel colours!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
East facing, top of a hill clay-loam, cultivated for centuries (7 years by me). Birmingham