Discount arrangements also depend on the changing fashion for plants. Suddenly, beautifully flowering perennials appear, which should not be missing in our garden.Other species, however, are forgotten.Some, extremely resistant to short-term trends, grow in our gardens for many years.
Geranium is such a perennial.Its species and varieties can be found today in romantic, rustic gardens, in austere, simple formal gardens, as well as in containers adorning balconies and terraces.The qualities of geraniums were appreciated about 30 years ago. First, the Geranium macrorrhizum rooted geranium appeared on the flowerbeds.
Undemanding, clumpy variety 'Spessart' grows quickly and is also evergreen, but has rather modest white flowers. Perfect for turfing larger areas under trees. However, the geranium x magnificum with large blue-violet flowers is better suited as a partner of roses and delphiniums. Its new varieties are especially worth recommending, incl. 'Rosemoor', coming from German breeding.
Many varieties of different species of geranium that have appeared in recent decades, however, are due to English and Dutch gardening.About 500 species and varieties of this perennial have already been counted.Geraniums have different site requirements depending on the species, but most often they are he althy and vital plants, as well as easy to care for.
Cutting the stems after flowering
Bodziszki do not require too many care treatments.It is worth remembering about removing wilting and drying inflorescences.This makes the plants prettier and does not shed ripe seeds.Strongly growing species can be pruned even very short, a few centimeters above the ground.
Plants on a larger area are easiest to cut with hedge trimmers.After feeding with fertilizer, some species, e.g. meadow and forest geraniums, will bloom a second time on new shoots.Cutting in late autumn is not recommended especially for evergreen species.
Among them we can find large-flowered varieties reaching a height of 60 cm, such as 'Brookside', which comes from the European meadow geranium pratense.They like sunny beds with fertile soil, but not too dry.The opposite of magnificent geraniums are small-flowered forms of the blood-borne geranium Geranium sanguineum. These varieties are about 30 cm high and can withstand even quite long periods of drought.
In contemporary bedding arrangements, plants with decorative leaves have more and more presence.Attractive specimens from this group can also be found among the geraniums. Geranium renardii geranium has round, lobed, soft and slightly wrinkled leaves. The meadow geranium of 'Black Beauty' charms with its leaves with a purple coating.
