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Perennial geraniums thrive in most soil conditions and are an easy-to-grow, low-maintenance plant that produces pretty flowers in the spring and summer.
Overwinter your blooms the right way with these top tips.
Grasses should be cut back when dormant—any time between late fall and early spring. While there is no exact timing, you’ll want to be sure to remove the old blades before new growth begins.
A reduction cut may be performed while still allowing about 50% of the branch. This is done to help maintain form and deter the formation of co-dominant leaders. Temporary branches may be too large for a removal cut so subordination pruning should be done to slowly reduce a limb by 50% each year to allow the tree to properly heal from the cut.
Spindly growth occurs when one plant receives a great amount of sunlight, while the other would develop as a deformed one, due to lack of sunlight and other natural resources needed for photosynthesis.
Geranium is a genus of 422 species of annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as geraniums or cranesbills. They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, with the greatest diversity in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region .
Once the foliage is cut back, add a layer of compost mulch to the border. “This helps put nutrients back into the earth for next year," says Marshall. "It will also protect the plant's crown ...
The specific epithet hortorum is a genitive plural form of the Latin "hortus" ("garden") and therefore corresponds to "horticultural".The name was created by the American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey who in 1914, writes "The large number of forms of the common geranium, derives from the variation and probably the crossing of P. zonale and P. inquinans (and possibly others) during more than a ...