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Any suggestions for a longer blooming Geranium?
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Posted by whaas 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 7, 09 at 22:36
| Looking for a long blooming geranium that gets no more than 12" high. Zone 5 hardy.
I'm eyeing up the Karmina Geranium.
No preference with color just a long bloom, the Karmina is about 4-5wks. |
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RE: Any suggestions for a longer blooming Geranium?
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I have bought last year Cherry Orkney. It is short with dark leaves and pink flowers. Seems to be a sterile hybrid, so it has been in bloom starting late May, does not show any signs of stopping either.
Karmina will give you couple of weeks of good bloom, but it is nice groundcover. |
RE: Any suggestions for a longer blooming Geranium?
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| Are you happy with the Cherry Orkney? Looks like it blooms late May through frost. Flowers may be limited during humid hot weather. Do the flowers stand out on the foilage? Some google pictures make the foilage look ratty. I plan to put this plant in as a perrenial border in the front of the my house...placed in front of Coreposis Zagreb. So far the Zagreb has been vigorous and prolific with its blooms. After 1 year its 24" x 24". Ratty Image:
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/images/low/C887-0717080gk.jpg Looking good image:
http://www.warwick-gardens.com/images/plants/Geranium %27Orkney Cherry%27.jpg |
RE: Any suggestions for a longer blooming Geranium?
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very happy
so far it has been plant it and forget it plant no extra anything needed, flowers are prominent but at the level of the leaves so whole plant looks nice and tight compact |
RE: Any suggestions for a longer blooming Geranium?
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| You don't have to deadhead the Cherry Orkney after blooming? |
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