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The best way to overwinter a geranium is to give it the full houseplant treatment and provide it with an environment that best matches its natural needs. “Bring the pots indoors, and keep them ...
Deadheading plants as soon as the blooms begin to fade will promote a second bloom.” This is also true for plants with leaves that you harvest for cooking and eating, like chives and basil.
Here’s how to keep your mums healthy so they return next year.
Deadheading is a widespread form of pruning, [1] since fading flowers are not as appealing and direct a lot of energy into seed development if pollinated. [2] The goal of deadheading is thus to preserve the attractiveness of the plants in beds, borders, containers and hanging baskets, as well as to encourage
Pelargonium tomentosum, the peppermint-scented geranium, [1] is a pelargonium species native to South Africa. It is in the subgenus Pelargonium along with Pelargonium graveolens , Pelargonium crispum and Pelargonium capitatum .
Geranium cuneatum, or silver geranium, is a medium alpine shrub endemic to the islands of Hawai'i and Maui, where it grows in high elevation shrubland near or above the treeline. Like other geraniums native to Hawai'i, it is known as hinahina in Hawaiian .
When deadheading mums, trim off the spent flower and its stem down to the next leaf or node. Snipping off only the spent flower at the base of the bloom can leave an ugly, pointy stem sticking up.
Geraniaceae is a family of flowering plants placed in the order Geraniales.The family name is derived from the genus Geranium.The family includes both the genus Geranium (the cranesbills, or true geraniums) and the garden plants called geraniums, which modern botany classifies as genus Pelargonium, along with other related genera.