Comments on Growing with Plants: Potting up Geranium maderense,and more

i live in central california on the coast. these ...

2011-04-05T00:34:20.849-04:00

i live in central california on the coast. these geraniums are quite common here ... bloom in the second year, and die. but, they do send off many pups, which go on to grow all over the garden, again blooming in the second year. very striking and impressive!

Now I am nervous that my plants will not flower th...

2010-02-10T21:15:42.915-05:00

Now I am nervous that my plants will not flower this year. All I can hope for is that they like the atmosphere of my colder greenhouse, like the other South African plants in there, maybe they will think that they are in South Africa and bloom? Time will tell!

Hey Matt...I also grew a G. maderense from seed wh...

2010-02-05T22:02:50.268-05:00

Hey Matt...I also grew a G. maderense from seed when I worked at Ward's, it also never bloomed but got really huge and beautiful. It was fast & easy to germinate from seed and grew very fast.
The photo of the mauve one is beautiful!

Hey Matt...I also grew a G. maderense from seed wh...

2010-02-05T22:02:19.642-05:00

Glad to see this about G.maderense. I've been ...

2010-02-03T08:23:50.814-05:00

Glad to see this about G.maderense. I've been growing one in a large pot for the last three years, and still unfortunately, no blooms.
Just read in Peter Yeos' Hardy Geraniums that it dies after blooming, so that might explain the longevity of my plant.
Hope you will update on the progress of your plant. I'd love to see the white blooming form.