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pelargoniums
Prompted by a thread which flashed across my screen and then disappeared
I had a quick look at pelargoniums and geraniums. The RHS say pelargoniums are tender, native to South Africa, and commonly called geraniums. Wikipedia say they are both in the family Geraniaceae and were originally both in the geranium species, but in 1789 pelargoniums were given a species name of their own. My wild flower book says that Meadow Crane's-bill (geranium pratense), Herb Robert (geranium robertianum), and Shining Crane's-bill (geranium lucidum) are all in the Crane's-bill family (geraniaceae). I suppose I have some five pelargonium varieties in my garden which survive although I treat them as hardy and regard some of them as a bit too robust (I have to prevent them taking over). I also have places where I encourage the wild geraniums to grow. This is in the western end of the weald in East Hampshire. I was not aware until today that there was a taxonomic difference between the plants known as pelargoniums, but commonly called geraniums, and the wild native(?) geraniums. -- Ellis Morgan |
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