And time to start calling them pelargoniums 😉 they are so worth keeping going. Sometimes the commercial varieties found as basket fillers can be stunning.
Yes they are beautiful aren't they? Here are the ones I bought this year which I'm trying to save. I thought only this was a pelargonium? This one said regal pelargonium. I think it looks like an azalea?
Put all the pita together and wrap them round and around wuth whatever insulation you have as long as it’s not plastic and won’t encourage condensation. Don’t worry about light. They’re hibernating …
My granny used to take her pelargoniums out of their pots and wrap them with newspaper and put them in a cardboard box under the bed in the unheated spare bedroom. They always survived. 🌺
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thing is, everyone I meet in real life seems to still call them geraniums, 234 after they were reclassified. I suspect that one's a lost cause. (I call them pelargoniumsimeanbeddinggeraniums because if I praise someone's display of pelargoniums, they'll usually be confused as to what I'm talking about.)
Yes that lovely red one is a stellar pelargonium @wakeshine they are sometimes the trickiest to grow alongside the angel ones. Have a look at a specialist grower website for the vast variation that can be had aside the commercial Dutch cultivars. Places like Allwoods, Wootens and Fibrex. You'll never see a Lord Bute sold at any garden centre but who wouldn't want one 😉
Wow amazing that Lord Bute and what an effort from @Dovefromabove's grandmother. I've not had time to wrap them properly or cut that insulation sheet. I was working on it in the cold and dark this evening with a torch in the car port. This is what I've done so far. Put the heavy pots on my potting table. There is only one plastic plant cover thing. There is no heating, it's a semi covered area outside. I need to try to get another one of those plastic triangle things but can't remember where I got it. I've put two pots in there (pics 1 and 3) and the rest are in the plastic greenhouse for which I need to buy a cover ASAP (pic 2). sorry I was unable to upload the pics in the right order. Should I have pruned these by the way?
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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“… Put all the pita together…”
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.