Geraniaceae 2011

[mark smyth]

I tried Bertie twice and lost it twice. I think winter wet kills it as well as frost

I have a white wallichianum which is hopefully going for micropropogation next year

[John85]

Maggi
The unknown geranium of Jon is probably one of the antipodeum group(traversii X sessiliflorum)

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, John 

[Tim Ingram]

On the Events thread I mentioned I had obtained a plant of Geranium lasiopus from Blackthorn Nursery at the Autumn South AGS Show. This is only a small plant not in flower but here is a picture of the foliage and I will aim to show it in flower next year. I will also contact Robin White to get more information on it. The foliage is much like argenteum and it could raise the prospect of more interesting hybrids of these small alpine species! I have found them not always so easy to keep but am now growing in deep gritty sand.

[Maggi Young]

Very attractive foliage, Tim. Thanks for the photo. 

[maggiepie]

Thanks, Tim, am so glad to see a pic, I couldn't find one anywhere.
Can't wait to see it in flower next year.

[Tim Ingram]

Helen - I promised to show a picture of Geranium lasiopus flowering! It's a wee bit feeble (just one flower) but here it is. I wonder if I should lift the plant and try root cuttings in autumn/winter? Allan Robinson, many years ago, was brilliant at propagating these small geraniums and wrote about it (I think) in an HPS publication. I don't find them so easy to grow or propagate.

[maggiepie]

Thanks muchly for the pic, Tim.
Hopefully you will get more flowers and maybe even some seed.
I have an argenteum flowering at the moment, I tried hand pollinating a few flowers with a G. nanum.
Also planted a cinereum next to it for seeds.

I think you should try root cuttings later, too bad you can't find the article by Allan Robinson, would certainly come in handy. I don't know the first thing about root cuttings.

[mark smyth]

Something exciting has appeared in the garden.

This is a self sown seedling and the first flower opened today. Fingers crossed they all open like this and it isnt an abberant flower.

I dont grow Geranium pratense var. striatum which means this is exciting.

It's Geranium wallichianum.

[maggiepie]

Crossing fingers for you , Mark.