On Jul 23, 1:27 am, "John Vanini" wrote:
Thanks for your reply,

That's what I've decided to do - and should have done many years ago!

The reason for the question was exactly as you said that the pictures shown
in the catalogues don't really show the true colours and, I suppose, can't.
I bought some pelargonium plants this spring and, when they bloomed, they
were a much paler red than I wanted so decided to look into seeds.

Anyway, a bit of good news for me is that I went down the garden yesterday
(in between the bouts of extremely heavy rain that we in the South of
England have learned to call summer this year!) and there, blooming, in a
large flower-pot, was exactly what I was looking for! My wife apparently
took cuttings from a plant she got from somewhere and it been there for a
couple of winters now! I must learn to open my eyes!

I also went out and bought two large plants from which I will take cuttings,
later on. So, I have more than enough material to work with now!

Thanks again for your reply.

John

"Manelli Family" wrote in message

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I learned years ago to seek out and BUY the already started plants when I
wanted a certain color. The catalogs don't always show the true color of
what grows from the seed they sell. It's hard to reproduce the true
colors of some flowers on paper.

I also learned to take cutting of those special plants. ;^) I have a few
of them with me for years now.

Thanks in anticipation.

Regards,

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so you Brits actually *eat* geraniums?

Out in California, they are so hardy that I used to grow them as a
hedge. My dogs would burrow into the middle of it to hide out from
the heat in the middle of the day.

They are so easy to propagate from cuttings that I've never heard of
them being planted from seeds.

Susan B.