On 10/6/07 16:20, in article , "Alla
Bezroutchko" wrote:

Sacha, thanks for your help.

Sacha wrote:
You can propagate by division and by seed, though with seed you might get
some variation but that adds to the interest! G. Jolly Bee seems to grow
and spread very quickly.

Is there any trick to collecting and germinating geranium seeds? When is
the best time to collect them?

Late summer and just watch for the pods to ripen and open.

G. Ann Folkard is one of my favourites - a fabulous magenta colour and I
really like G. Mourning Widow. That said, G. Jolly Bee is one of the best
around and goes on flowering far longer and better than G. Johnson's Blue,
IME. Depending on where you live, you could try G. palmatum and if you live
in a hot, dry climate, you could give G. maderense a go.

Thanks for recommendations. Does Ann Folkard have a lot of flowers on
it? Mourning Widow looks like just what I need in the back of a shady
border.

Ann Folkard does pretty well, I think. I don't think it's as floriferous as
Jolly Bee but it's no slouch. It's low growing and spreading.

I think G. palmatum and G. maderense wouldn't do very well here in
Belgium. It is not exactly hot and dry here.

Alla.

We can do G. palmatum here in the garden but not G. maderense. I think good
drainage is as important for both as low frost risk.

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