Why when taking a few cuttings are they placed at the side of the clay pots
as opposed to the middle of the pot?

Is there such thing as a annual geranium, or all they all perennial?

Thanks

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Why when taking a few cuttings are they placed at the side of the clay pots
as opposed to the middle of the pot?

Is there such thing as a annual geranium, or all they all perennial?

Thanks


The drainage and air supply are better at the pots edge.

There are indeed annual Geraniums and annual pelargoniums
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

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Why when taking a few cuttings are they placed at the side of the clay
pots
as opposed to the middle of the pot?

Is there such thing as a annual geranium, or all they all perennial?

Thanks


The drainage and air supply are better at the pots edge.

There are indeed annual Geraniums and annual pelargoniums
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Thanks for that. I asked a lady at our local garden centre and she stated
there are only perennial geraniums and there is no such thing is an annual
geranium.

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Why when taking a few cuttings are they placed at the side of the clay
pots
as opposed to the middle of the pot?

Is there such thing as a annual geranium, or all they all perennial?

Thanks


The drainage and air supply are better at the pots edge.

There are indeed annual Geraniums and annual pelargoniums
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Thanks for that. I asked a lady at our local garden centre and she stated
there are only perennial geraniums and there is no such thing is an annual
geranium.


There are lots of annuals including a large number that are uk native
plants Geranium rotundifolium, Geranium columbinum, Geranium dissctum, G.
molle, G. lucidium, Herb Robert is a well know plant G. robertianum,
Geranium purpureum, and I have probably missed a few!
Ones that are worth having in the garden are Granium bohemicum as much
for its black seeds as the cobalt blue flowers, the white forms of herb
robert and I am very fond of Geranium rotundifolium not for the flowers
but when the plant has flowered the whole thing goes fiery red.
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

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In article ,
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Why when taking a few cuttings are they placed at the side of the clay
pots
as opposed to the middle of the pot?

Is there such thing as a annual geranium, or all they all perennial?

Thanks


The drainage and air supply are better at the pots edge.

There are indeed annual Geraniums and annual pelargoniums
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Thanks for that. I asked a lady at our local garden centre and she stated
there are only perennial geraniums and there is no such thing is an annual
geranium.


There are lots of annuals including a large number that are uk native
plants Geranium rotundifolium, Geranium columbinum, Geranium dissctum, G.
molle, G. lucidium, Herb Robert is a well know plant G. robertianum,
Geranium purpureum, and I have probably missed a few!
Ones that are worth having in the garden are Granium bohemicum as much
for its black seeds as the cobalt blue flowers, the white forms of herb
robert and I am very fond of Geranium rotundifolium not for the flowers
but when the plant has flowered the whole thing goes fiery red.

If we are charitable the lady meant pelargoniums, and as far as I know
there are no annual pelargoniums (as opposed to pelargoniums treated
horticulturally as half-hardy annuals, such as the seed-raised bedding
geraniums).
--
alias Ernest Major

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Why when taking a few cuttings are they placed at the side of the clay
pots
as opposed to the middle of the pot?

Is there such thing as a annual geranium, or all they all perennial?

Thanks

The drainage and air supply are better at the pots edge.

There are indeed annual Geraniums and annual pelargoniums
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Thanks for that. I asked a lady at our local garden centre and she stated
there are only perennial geraniums and there is no such thing is an annual
geranium.

There are lots of annuals including a large number that are uk native
plants Geranium rotundifolium, Geranium columbinum, Geranium dissctum, G.
molle, G. lucidium, Herb Robert is a well know plant G. robertianum,
Geranium purpureum, and I have probably missed a few!
Ones that are worth having in the garden are Granium bohemicum as much
for its black seeds as the cobalt blue flowers, the white forms of herb
robert and I am very fond of Geranium rotundifolium not for the flowers
but when the plant has flowered the whole thing goes fiery red.

If we are charitable the lady meant pelargoniums, and as far as I know
there are no annual pelargoniums (as opposed to pelargoniums treated
horticulturally as half-hardy annuals, such as the seed-raised bedding
geraniums).
--
alias Ernest Major


My Garden is awash with cranesbill geraniums....Very pretty but they
do have a habit of seeding themselves willy nilly all over the place

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Why when taking a few cuttings are they placed at the side of the clay
pots as opposed to the middle of the pot?

Is there such thing as a annual geranium, or all they all perennial?

Thanks


The drainage and air supply are better at the pots edge.


I wonder if this is an old gardening chestnut. If the drainage of a clay
pot is better at the edge, I would expect it to dry out more readily there
too. Conversely, a plastic pot is less likely to dry out at the edge than
anywhere else in the pot, thus preserving any water in the cutting medium
for a longer time. I'm not sure if the OP is referring to geranium or any
cuttings. Geranium cuttings are pretty drought resistant, and would
theoretically do better in a drier cuttings medium. On the other hand,
drought sensitive plants such as fuschias might not like this "dry"
treatment.

It shouldn't be too difficult to set up an experiment to check this, using
geranium and fuschia cuttings in the same clay or plastic pots to see which
pot material is better (if there is any difference, that is).

--
Jeff

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The drainage and air supply are better at the pots edge.

That was the reason given on Gardeners World this week.

I wonder if this is an old gardening chestnut. If the drainage of a clay
pot is better at the edge, I would expect it to dry out more readily there
too. Conversely, a plastic pot is less likely to dry out at the edge than
anywhere else in the pot, thus preserving any water in the cutting medium
for a longer time. I'm not sure if the OP is referring to geranium or any
cuttings. Geranium cuttings are pretty drought resistant, and would
theoretically do better in a drier cuttings medium. On the other hand,
drought sensitive plants such as fuschias might not like this "dry"
treatment.

I place cuttings near the edge of the pot in the hope that their roots
will develop nicely without becoming intertwined.
Seems like a good enough reason to me.
--
Gordon H
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Why when taking a few cuttings are they placed at the side of the clay
pots as opposed to the middle of the pot?

Is there such thing as a annual geranium, or all they all perennial?

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