Thread: My veggie plot - summer is coming!
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Old 05-07-2009, 02:50 PM
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Mousie
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
Originally Posted by k3n
Well, it's not really WRONG since most people call them that buuut (hrmm hrmm, clears throat, prepares to lecture!) BOTANICALLY speaking, geraniums are in fact a hardy perennial, common name, cranesbill NOT the plants I just put out which are BOTANICALLY speaking, pelargoniums! End of lecture! Here's a link if you're really interested, otherwise just ignore me and go on calling them geraniums like most of the rest of the planet, except saddo know it alls like me!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelargonium

K x

woo hoo, BW, I didn't know they came in so many colors. They are gorgeous! Wish I had the cabbage to buy a bunch of them. Gonna have to go look at my floral fabrics! :D

the picture of the 'geranium' in that link is what we call the perennial one. it grows pretty well in the shade and is very reliable. also spreads like wildfire. we also have an annual geranium that is much showier, and dies back. but you can take cuttings and bring them indoors waiting for the next spring.

http://www.naturehills.com/catalog/A...um_Plants.aspx

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