I have a true geranium in a pot. I want to over winter it so should I chop it back? Its looking quite leggy and all of its flowers have gone.
Thanks!
Not sure what you mean by true geranium but suspect pelagonium if it's leggy and in a pot.
the joys of " common names"
Hi,
its not a pelargonium, its a geranium. Its in a pot as we moved house and never got around to planting it out again this year!
geraniums will just die down in all but the mildest locations/ winters.
No real attention needed.
It'll bounce back in Spring
Ah great, so leave it alone, I can go that!
Thanks
Better to plant it out in the borders if you can.
So I can plant it out at this time of year and it will be okay? Even with the colder weather?
Yes - it'll be much happier spending the winter in the soil rather than in a pot
Great, that's sorted out my evening! Thanks!!
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Not sure what you mean by true geranium but suspect pelagonium if it's leggy and in a pot.
In the sticks near Peterborough
the joys of " common names"
Hi,
its not a pelargonium, its a geranium. Its in a pot as we moved house and never got around to planting it out again this year!
geraniums will just die down in all but the mildest locations/ winters.
No real attention needed.
It'll bounce back in Spring
Ah great, so leave it alone, I can go that!
Thanks
Better to plant it out in the borders if you can.
So I can plant it out at this time of year and it will be okay? Even with the colder weather?
Yes - it'll be much happier spending the winter in the soil rather than in a pot
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Great, that's sorted out my evening! Thanks!!