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Experience with perennial geraniums in Upstate?
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kaky 7b SC (
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Mon, May 26, 08 at 0:41
| Hi, and thanks in advance.
I'm confused. What is your experience with hardy or perennial geraniums in the hottest, most humid, most drought-prone parts of S.C. ... I recently asked a geranium grower why one never sees the hardy plants locally and he said they burn up in the heat. Yet everything I read would imply the opposite.
Could you please share your experience?
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RE: Experience with perennial geraniums in Upstate?
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| I'm also interested in this. I've looked and looked for perennial geraniums in upstate SC but have had no luck yet. I've grown it (in a different state) in hot, humid and very dry soil and it did just fine, but it usually got a break at various times of day from the sun. Geraniums are quite tolerant of partial shade so why not grow them in shady areas here? |
RE: Experience with perennial geraniums in Upstate?
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- Posted by kaky 7b SC (My Page) on
Tue, May 27, 08 at 1:20
| Exactly my thoughts. But the grower I asked at the recent plant show at the Farmer's Market gave it a resounding "no way." ... Of course, I don't want to plant something that gobbles up water and disappears anyway. That's been my experience with a ligularia last year, coral bells, ladies mantle, etc. |
RE: Experience with perennial geraniums in Upstate?
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| Many perennial geraniums grow very well in the piedmont of NC, so you should be able to grow them as well. I grow a lot of the native Geranium maculatum. It's beautiful and very easy. It has tubers so once established it just goes underground in a bad drought and comes back the next year. |
RE: Experience with perennial geraniums in Upstate?
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| Geranium sanguineum does well here, and i've heard tuberosum does well, too, though i haven't grown it myself. They all seem to prefer part shade- i bet they'd melt in full sun. You're the same zone as us, so it should work. Ladies mantle i've killed more times than i like to contemplate. Some of the common spurges/euphorbias are a reasonable & easy to grow substitute for the green yellow flowers in spring (robb's especially). Coral bells do well in part shade for me. Spotted ligularia likes the spot i found with about 3 hours sun. They all like reasonably moist soil- i doubt they'd be happy on dry sand for long. I garden mostly in clay that's been amended. Good luck! |
RE: Experience with perennial geraniums in Upstate?
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| I have some Johnson's Blue that are huge and thriving. Carla |
RE: Experience with perennial geraniums in Upstate?
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- Posted by kaky 7b SC (My Page) on
Thu, May 29, 08 at 11:28
| Thank you all for your input! I guess there's no way to know except to try. ... Not gonna happen unless I order them online, though, because I've sure never seen anything locally. Thanks again. |
RE: Experience with perennial geraniums in Upstate?
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| This has been a huge year for the species type here. I ashamedly admit that the ones doing the best in form and bloom (some are just monstrous) are plants still in their pots set where I had intended to plant them. They planted themselves and suffered nothing for having their original potted roots above ground. I have awfully good luck being a lazy gardener! LOL |
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