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Geum - totally tangerine

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  • GraysGrays Posts: 172
    RoddersUK said:
    My geum tangerine started flowering the start of April and still going strong!
    It doesn't get sun till midday, but then has full sun till about 1800hrs
    My pair have full sun all day, I guess it’s just a learning curve and see how they go this year.
    Probably look for a place (rapidly running out) for them to go in the garden maybe for next year.
  • GraysGrays Posts: 172
    One day, I will also find the correct procedure for posting photos the correct way up on this mobile phone too.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I do think it is tight in the pot. Each individual piece will soon make a new plant. Great gifts for friends or charity plant stalls. I grow G Totally Tangerine in full sun. too.

    The native Water Avens does like a more moist soil and a shadier spot. 
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • GraysGrays Posts: 172
    GardenerSuze said:
    I do think it is tight in the pot. Each individual piece will soon make a new plant. Great gifts for friends or charity plant stalls. I grow G Totally Tangerine in full sun. too.

    The native Water Avens does like a more moist soil and a shadier spot. 
    When you say each individual piece will make a new plant, how would you go about splitting them? And at what time would it be best to do it?
    Is there a way you can damage them when splitting them?
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I had one in a pot but it took a lot of watering. It's happier in the ground even in my sandy soil. I've split it too, and moved chunks around. I split mine in its first autumn after it stopped flowering but you could also do it in spring just as it starts into growth. Just lift it and pull the rootball into sections, then replant. The textbook method is to prize it apart with two garden forks back-to-back but I only have one so that's not happening!.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Grays I agree one of the easiest plants to split. You can either divide into chunks or as you will see smaller pieces if you wish.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • MeomyeMeomye Posts: 949
    My Geums have been really beautiful over the last couple of years. They have now reached over a metre tall and are looking a bit leggy. Should I cut them down shorter? How do I know when they need dividing? tia 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited June 2023
      @Meomye If they're  getting a bit leggy and running out of steam, l would cut the stems down to the foliage. 
    Info here about dividing them.
    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-grow-geums/

    I divided Totally Tangerine a few years back and it was very successful. Looks like l need to do it again this year. Time flies !
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Do they self seed like the horrid little yellow ones? I have them popping up endlessly in every border, and they don't come out easily. 
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Slow-worm No you won't get G Totally Tangerine seedlings every where. The wood avens however does!
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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