The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1983 Page: 3 of 14
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The West News — October 13,1983
The
Garden
Editor
by Ted Brice
i
Growing Geraniums
It has been said that
Geraniums, which are
natives of South Africa, are
known and loved by more
people than any other
flower in the world.
Geraniums grow almost
anywhere with a minimum
of care and are found in
most gardens. The color
ranges for geraniums are
white, pinks, brilliant red
and a purplish black.
Geraniums grow outdoors
from year to year with little
attention.
They can become shrubby
plants four to five feet tall
while in colder climates they
are treated as small delicate
annuals. The Lady
Washington Geraniums also
called "Martha Washington"
may reach a height of three
feet and have huge clusters
of three to four-inch single
: and double blossoms.
; sometimes blotched with a
' darker shade on the two
upper petals.
The ivy and the common
geranium produce single or
double flowers. The ivy
geranium receives its name
from the ivy shape leaves
and the trailing and
sideways growth that can
extend up to four feet. The
common geranium, which is
the most popular, normally
grows two to three feet tall
but may reach a height of six
feet or more.
The variety of geranium
with the concentric markings
on the leaves is among the
common variety.
Sometimes this geranium is
also referred to as zonal
geraniums.
There are many scented
geraniums with a variety of
scents. There is not a
geranium scent such as
other plants have. The
geranium may have a rose,
lemon, peppermint, apple
or nutmeg scent to mention
only a few. Then the
geranium may have no
scent what so ever. The
fragrance emanates from the
leaves and not the flowers.
You may use the ivy and
common geranium as
borders, beds and pot plants
because they will bloom
through out the growing
season. The ivy geranium is
particularly effective in
hanging baskets and
window boxes. They can
also be used as ground
.cover.
The Lady Washington is
not successful in many
sections of the country as
other geraniums since it
needs temperatures below
60 degrees to bud. It is
usually grown by florest's for
Mother’s Day and Memorial
Day.
Most geraniums thrive in
climates with dry summers,
warm days and cool nights.
They do best in full sun but
will grow in partial shade if
they have sun for at least
half of a day. The soil should
be well drained and only
medium rich.
Most gardeners buy
geraniums as budded or
flowering pot plarjts ready to
set out in the yard. It takes
five months for geraniums to
flower from seed, therefore
most plants are raised from
cuttings. If you plan to grow
geraniums from seed plant
them 10 to 12 weeks before
the last frost inside.
Seedlings should be
transplanted to two-inch
pots when the first leaves
appear and shifted up to
four inch pots as they
grow. 1
Keep the pots in a sunny
location. The seed will
germanate unevenly over a
period of three to eight
weeks. Transfer them to the
garden after the danger of
frost is over setting them one
foot apart. When setting out
ivy geraniums for grown
cover set them out 18 inches
apart and pin down the
runners and they will root.
j If you hear your
gardening friends talking
about Pelargonium
Domesticum, Pelargonium
Peltatum, Pelargonium
Hortorum, Pelargonium
Crispum, Pelargonium
Fragrans, Pelargonium
Odorattsstmum, Pelargo-
nium Tomentosum or
Pelargonium Graveolens
you will know they are
talking about Geraniums
Pag* 3
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The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1983, newspaper, October 13, 1983; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth716645/m1/3/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.