geranium – The Gardening Blog

The wind has been whipping through my garden stirring up lots of mess and exposing areas in need of attention. I’m itching to get outside and get my bulbs planted but it’s really not much fun when its cold and blowing a storm. Today when I went outside to start planting, my sweet gardening buddies (dogs and cat) sat at the window and watched me from inside – so I realised my time might be better spent investigating what’s available at the nurseries. The last few weeks have taught me that I do not have enough “Autumn Interest” going on in my garden and I’m trying to change this.

I went to the nursery and came back with a few plants for shade to add to my back garden. I bought Coleous, a few white and blue Cape Primroses, a Geranium Palmatum and a few Argyranthemums for the new sunny bed at the back.

The Coleus is marked as “Flower Power Lime”. It’s a lovely limey/Chartreuse and I think it will look great as a contrast plant in the back garden.

I’m not a huge fan of Geraniums but this one caught my eye because it has interesting foliage which I like. I have no experience with growing Geraniums but thought I’d give this one a try. It is marked as Geranium Palmatum (Geranium Anemonifolium) and requires morning sun. I have a spot in the back I think will suit it. I will leave it in its pot for a few weeks to see how it copes there and if it seems happy I’ll plant it. I Googled it and it looks like I made a really great purchase. The flowers are lovely.

Then the Cape Primroses … Labelled as Streptocarpus Hybrids (Cape Primrose). Indoors in bright light or outdoors in semi-shade – I’m planting them out back with the other “house plants” that are happy under the big Pepper Tree.