i have them growing all over my garden, some bought, some from seed. They have all flowered this year. but all i have done is deadhead, they are still going strong now. Mine are all in a position where they get quite a bit of sun. They like well drained soil, but mine have all been waterlogged this year. i treat them the same way i treat my strawberry plants. I mulch them with manure or garden compost and dead head regularly.
i bought mine from little garden center i use if i want something.. and i got them in 9cm pots for £1 each.. and orange one and red one.. neither have flowered.. but my mums i bougt her at same time.. have flowered.. they are in the sun all day.. mine are shady as recommended on label..
I sowed them from seed in Jan /Feb and transplanted them into a large /huge pot in may I have been waiting for mine to flower but if you say they have been flowering all summer I think mine are abit late they have wonderfull leaf on them so I think I will put them in a sheltered place and hope for better luck next year
I have Mrs Bradshaw which i planted two of last year they hardly flowered last year-probably putting roots down-this year they have been non-stop i cut them hard in winter/spring to tidy up the dead tops but otherwise just a sprinkling of pelleted chicken manure
I sowed a load of Geums (seed from various forms just to see what I got). They grown well, but only the ones taken from G. Blazing Sunset have flowered the first year. I have to say I would not expect them to flower in their first year of growing though.
The x chiloense types do like a rich soil in full sun though.
My Geums (Mrs Bradshaw) have flowered wonderfully for months,and are still going. I do deadhead them very regularly and sometimes the new buds are very small indeed, but after a few days produce lovely flowers. I also pull out those stes that are beginning to go brown. I don't water them unless we have had a prolonged spell of hot, rainfree weather (not much of that this year!). I had three new plug plants this year, and they have done quite well, and I expect them to do even better over the next couple of years.
@budlea63.. my mums swears by chicken pellets.. wheni asked her why her phlox look so much better than mine.. she said "chicken Pellets" they are really good. and i thin i must no invest in some.
Ihave had my geums for years, Mrs Bradshaw i think, dark red. Ialways thought they flowered quite well in mid spring, not all summer,they flowered a little bit this year, and they haven't reproduced at all. Think i most feed them more. Chichen pellets seem a good bet.Thank you budlea63. Can i get them from any garden centre
Thanks for all the good advice everyone. I am going to look after my geums much better this year and see if that does the trick. I think I might also get some new ones and see how I do.
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i have them growing all over my garden, some bought, some from seed. They have all flowered this year. but all i have done is deadhead, they are still going strong now. Mine are all in a position where they get quite a bit of sun. They like well drained soil, but mine have all been waterlogged this year. i treat them the same way i treat my strawberry plants. I mulch them with manure or garden compost and dead head regularly.
i bought mine from little garden center i use if i want something.. and i got them in 9cm pots for £1 each.. and orange one and red one.. neither have flowered.. but my mums i bougt her at same time.. have flowered.. they are in the sun all day.. mine are shady as recommended on label..
I sowed them from seed in Jan /Feb and transplanted them into a large /huge pot in may I have been waiting for mine to flower but if you say they have been flowering all summer I think mine are abit late they have wonderfull leaf on them so I think I will put them in a sheltered place and hope for better luck next year
I have Mrs Bradshaw which i planted two of last year they hardly flowered last year-probably putting roots down-this year they have been non-stop i cut them hard in winter/spring to tidy up the dead tops but otherwise just a sprinkling of pelleted chicken manure
I sowed a load of Geums (seed from various forms just to see what I got). They grown well, but only the ones taken from G. Blazing Sunset have flowered the first year. I have to say I would not expect them to flower in their first year of growing though.
The x chiloense types do like a rich soil in full sun though.
My Geums (Mrs Bradshaw) have flowered wonderfully for months,and are still going. I do deadhead them very regularly and sometimes the new buds are very small indeed, but after a few days produce lovely flowers. I also pull out those stes that are beginning to go brown. I don't water them unless we have had a prolonged spell of hot, rainfree weather (not much of that this year!). I had three new plug plants this year, and they have done quite well, and I expect them to do even better over the next couple of years.
@budlea63.. my mums swears by chicken pellets.. wheni asked her why her phlox look so much better than mine.. she said "chicken Pellets" they are really good. and i thin i must no invest in some.
Ihave had my geums for years, Mrs Bradshaw i think, dark red. Ialways thought they flowered quite well in mid spring, not all summer,they flowered a little bit this year, and they haven't reproduced at all. Think i most feed them more. Chichen pellets seem a good bet.Thank you budlea63. Can i get them from any garden centre
I have found the seed packet and mine say Geum rivale.
I bought a bucket of chicken pellets in the spring and I have been pleased with the results .