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Posted by Betty1822 z6Ontario (My Page) on Tue, Jul 12, 05 at 20:23
| Last year I bought a Rozanne Geranium for $12.99. I really liked the way it grew and spread out as it was almost ground hugging and flowered for a long time. I thought maybe I would get more this year but I have changed my mind. This year is it tall and floppy and I have had to tied it up. Won't be buying any more. |
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RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| I bought 2 last year because I was so pleased with its growing habits. Now I'm trying to give it away. Mine is also very floppy and leggy. Doesn't look nice at all. My favourite geranium to date is 'Lawrence Flatman'. It started blooming in early spring and it hasn't stopped. |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| My Rozanne is pretty well behaved. I have it kinda squished in a spot with catmint on one side, an achillea on another and a coneflower on the third, fourth side is open. Right now it's maybe 8" tall and climbing through the plants bordering it but not really spreading to the open spot on the one end. I planted it July '04. Now I'm wondering what it'll get up to next year! You can see it in the pic linked, it's on the bottom right against the low wall. The giant mass above the catmint is a Johnson's Blue that got out of control. tess |
Here is a link that might be useful: Rozanne in garden
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| I have several Rozannes planted over the past three years. It is by far my favorite perennial. There is a difference in their growth habit in each location. The ones in a more shady location are perhaps a bit more leggy. Her growth does kind of flop into a mound rather than growing into a mound, but it is still a mound of bright blue flowers all summer long. She's a keeper in my garden. |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| all my plants - 4 - are well behaved. They do spread side ways but I wouldnt call them leggy. It must be a light problem. |
Rozanne Geranium
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| I rec'd a rozanne geranium 3 weeks ago and already it is abt. 6-7" high. I plan to plant it in a very large container......anyone have success growing a rozanne like that? Thanks,
Barbara
in Wilmington, NC |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| I was expecting larger plants, so I planted them in the center of a rose bed to accent the pinks & reds. The colors look great together, and they are always in bloom however, they're more of a ground cover for me. They accent the roses close up, but they're too short to show up when you're standing back. I'll see what they do this year, and eventually they'll get moved. . 
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RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| Reading these posts has been so helpful -- thanks to all who wrote. I'm planning on buying four rozannes and if they sprawl a bit, that will be fine. Like mehearty, the plants will be companions to some roses but my set up is different. I have four yellow shrub roses in a circle, ringing a statue that the homes association plunked down in a corner of my yard. Previous owners put some kind of low evergreens around it and those things served only as an ugly leaf catcher. A couple years ago I yanked them out along with tons of rock that covered the landscaping fabric around the evergreens. Ack. Anyway, in went the roses and they look spectacular. They don't bloom as heavily as do the red and pink knockouts and I've been searching for something to compliment them and bloom the rest of the season. I have some catmint in there now but I'm thinking of replacing it with the rozannes - longer bloom, I hope and less upkeep. Any thoughts? Barbara |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| I'm usually on the Cottage Garden Forum, but was searching for Rozanne Geranium, so I hope you don't mind if I insert a question into this thread? I keep seeing Rozanne (and other Geraniums) listed as deer resistant. Does anyone have it in a garden where deer frequent? Thanks so very much,
Cameron |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| The deer leave my Rozannes alone, but that might be because they are among the roses and daylilies that they prefer more. Anita |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| I'll go ahead and put a few in my outer garden as an experiment. If the deer just nibble the blooms, then the plants will survive enough to be transplanted. The deer have enough to eat this year so far, so they've not even munched the roses that are blooming through my fence. Thanks,
Cameron |
Here is a link that might be useful: my gardening blog
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| hiya! my neighbor gave me some of her mrs. kendall clarke's, a truly lovely geranium, but she just grabbed her spade, hacked away and handed them to me, dirt, woody roots and all! i RAN them to garden, put them in, watered them and crossed my fingers. i had just read the night before that geraniums DON'T DIVIDE well, as they are one central rhizome plant. that was a few nights ago and today, the LARGEST clump is doing very well. i even see some buds opening, so the flower growth wasn't bothered and not a single sign of wilting or shock. but the smaller clump that had far less of the root attached, ack...the poor thing. so, i cut it back, to just the stems. i hope it will perk up. but maybe that means if you get enough of the roots, a big chunk of that central woody part, mrs. clarke's and maybe rozanne CAN be divided? would love to hear if anyone else has tried it? thanks! :) |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| Most hardy, perennial geraniums can be divided, although some lend themselves to this practice better than others. And some, like selections of G.phaeum, benefit greatly from periodic division as the center portion can become quite woody over time and stop producing. Those that have a very sprawling habit, like 'Rozanne' or 'Ann Folkard' are generally best propagated from cuttings as they tend to emerge from a single woody stem and take a long time to bulk up their root crown to a size suitable for division. btw, 'Rozanne' is a patented plant and it is illegal to propagate from cuttings or by division (or any other asexual method) without permission or license from the patentholder. |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| Just to clarify gardengal's statement, patents only apply to plants that are being resold, not shared with friends or neighbors. You probably knew this gg, but it sounded a little bit misleading. :0) |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| Telling me not to take cuttings from a patented plant makes me want to go water my Razmatazz coneflower cuttings. I think I'll also baby my Sunrise ones too! While I'm at it I better check on my Evelyn rose cuttings. They are looking good as of yesterday. LOL. I'm rooting cuttings of every patented plant around. Lorraine Sunshine and some Yellow Symphony Osteospermums I snipped from a friend which root in a couple of weeks. I highly doubt someone is going to arrest you for rooting a cutting of your favorite geraniums! They don't have hidden cameras in our yards yet! I even rooted my Gardenia from some cuttings a neighbor left in his yard after pruining his August Beauty. I stuck them in water and they rooted in 2 weeks. I now have a 3 foot tall Gardenia! Telling a gardener not to take cuttings is like telling a kid to keep their hands out of the cookie jar. It ain't gonna happen sister! |
RE: Rozanne Geranium
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| I should have said "patents are only enforceable to plants that are being resold", not that they didn't apply. |
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