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I would like info on Geranium Groundcover

Posted by motherjan z5 N.E. OHIO (motherjan@wowway.com) on
Tue, Mar 10, 09 at 6:44

We planted many plants last summer, but I really don't think they "took." I don't know what we may have done wrong. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.


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RE: I would like info on Geranium Groundcover

The 'many' plants were geraniums......and that brings up a question...."were they pelargoniums"? or "Cranesbills"...the hardy geraniums.

Pels are annuals....they are planted for show in the one season, then dug up in the fall and either kept going at a window or stored in a cool, dry, dark location for later use the next spring.
If you left them in the ground, then certainly ---they wont come back simply because they are not perennials.

If you planted cranebills, then there are any number of reasons why the plants might have succumbed to:
too much moisture from snow melt, rain, you watering them, freezes, freeze/thaw cycles that repeat maybe bringing about heaving.
Bugs, poor drainage, not enough sun....are just a few.


 
 

 

 


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