Geraniaceae 2011

[mark smyth]

You are correct and I'm so jealous!

[daveyp1970]

I just found the first flower on a seedling whose tag has gone missing.
Is this G. delavyi?
Whatever it is I am very happy to have it 

Very nice!

[Maggi Young]

Congrats, Helen.... looks like this time you got the correct seed  


http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=109486&flora_id=2

http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=109482&flora_id=2

[maggiepie]

Thanks Mark, am very happy to get it, have been wanting it for ages.

Thanks Davey, I got the shock of my life when I saw a tiny flash of purple in the midst of the bush, had no idea what to expect.

Maggi, thanks for the links. Yep, right seed now if only the tag hadn't gone missing.
I can't be sure where I got the seed.

[mark smyth]

Very strange Zeph why it stopped. The older photo doesnt show typical habit which is low and suckering

[zephirine]

The older photo doesnt show typical habit which is low and suckering

Neither 'Kashmir White' nor 'Kashmir Green' have a "low and suckering" habit here, Mark! They just make (very) slowly expanding clumps, 1.5 to 2 ft high when in bloom.
I once grew 'Kashmir Pink' and 'Kashmir Purple' (in my first garden) . These ones, yes, were "low and suckering" if I remember correctly.
Maybe my clayish soil is limiting their expansive nature?
KW was first planted in 2006 and is still a clump. KG was planted in 2007 and I never noticed any sucker...could it be that the original plant has died, and only a young suckering shoot has survived, then?

[Paul T]

I just found the first flower on a seedling whose tag has gone missing.
Is this G. delavyi?
Whatever it is I am very happy to have it 

Helen,

I love that flower!!    Interesting shape, and great colour combination.

[mark smyth]

and now for something very different from a friends garden.

A self sown Geranium ?psilostemon/?Anne Folkard/?Anne Thompson/?Patricia .. X oxonianum ? - possibly Sherwood or Southcomb double

It has huge leaves and a scrambling habit

[daveyp1970]

very nice Mark i have just been crossing my Patricia..

[mark smyth]

Do you have any of Sherwood, Thurstoniamum or similar to create unusual flowers?

[daveyp1970]

I do mark and i have access to a variegated sherwood,oxonianum type as well,so you never know.,as well as a grey flowered G.clarkei hybrid that's just coming into flower.

[mark smyth]

I do mark and i have access to a variegated sherwood,oxonianum type as well,so you never know.,as well as a grey flowered G.clarkei hybrid that's just coming into flower.

Is the variegated plant SpringFling? Love to see the grey clarkei hybrid

[daveyp1970]

I do mark and i have access to a variegated sherwood,oxonianum type as well,so you never know.,as well as a grey flowered G.clarkei hybrid that's just coming into flower.

Is the variegated plant SpringFling? Love to see the grey clarkei hybrid

I am not sure of the name at the moment it came from one of my friends,ill ring her because i forgot to write the name down,just put some pollen on to walters gift as well,and will be saving some for one of my dark leaved pratense hybrids,i am looking for dark leaves with the dark purple flower.I'll post pics of my Clarkei when she blooms.

[mark smyth]

Davey, do you grow wallichianum or palustre?

[daveyp1970]

Davey, do you grow wallichianum or palustre?

That's two i need to get back,when i moved from my last house i left about 30 or so geraniums and they were ones i left,but they are on my hit list.But i will nip down to my friends in a minute to see if she has some spare for me or least some pollen.