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Gorgeous geranium - identification?

ChappsChapps Posts: 5

We moved to our new home - just two blocks from our old home - in the summer of last year, 2016. The house, a 1926 Spanish Colonial, had previously fallen on very hard times and was nearly a twin of Grey Gardens. However, it was bought and flipped by a very smart and tasteful designer, and we, in turn, bought it from him. The gardens, however, meh. There's one exception - a lone geranium that sits in our back yard. It's spectacularly lime green/yellow with neon red-pink tiny blooms. I'd love to find more and plant them here and there in the yard to pop against all the green (and probably add deep red plants next to them, for really fun colors combos). 

I'm uploading photos of the plant - anyone have a guess or two? I know there are hundreds - or more - geranium varieties, so it may not be easy. Thanks in advance!image  image 

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  • ChappsChapps Posts: 5

    Yes, I know it's a UK forum, but I also know that geraniums are a favorite in the warmer months in the U.K and Europe. I thought I'd cast my net further afield, because no one in the American site forums seems to be able to nail it. I wish the photos had correctly shown the color of the small flowers, which are more red-pink instead of pink, and absolutely, wildly neon bright!

  • DimWitDimWit Posts: 553

    Lovely geranium, I'd like one!  Poor me, they don't have these - litterally-  fancy-leaf geraniums here.

    I think this one is called "Crystal Palace Gem".

  • ChappsChapps Posts: 5
    I believe you've nailed it! Here I was, thinking it was a modern variety and it turns out that it's a really old one - 1869. I suspect this has been in the garden for a very, very long time, as the garden had been left to run wild for decades. The guy who flipped the house and sold it to us tore out everything except this, a massive pomegranate tree and a very old bougainvillea bush. 
    I knew I'd get a quick ID in a UK forum - the Brits love their gardens (and I'm envious of the British weather that lets you plant so many wonderful things).
    Thanks very much, Dim!
    DimWit says:

    Lovely geranium, I'd like one!  Poor me, they don't have these - litterally-  fancy-leaf geraniums here.

    I think this one is called "Crystal Palace Gem".

    See original post

     

  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627

    Have you tried cuttings ?   just to create a few 'babies', not enough to fill a flower bed though.  That's a lovely specimen.

  • ChappsChapps Posts: 5

    I was thinking of doing just that. I've never seen one this full, this neon colored and healthy. Never have done geranium cuttings before - YouTube, here I come!

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Cuttings for tender geraniums (pelargoniums) like that one are very easy, Chapps.  Cut a few sections about 4 to 5 inches long, strip all of the lower leaves just leaving a few small ones at the top and place them around the edge of a pot of gritty compost.  Water once and leave in a warm place out of full sun and they should develop roots in a few weeks.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • ChappsChapps Posts: 5

    I intend to do just that this weekend. I'd love to get a few cuttings going so that I can propagate this beauty in both the ground and in some pots. Thanks!

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