Northeast Gardening: What have you ordered 2010 #3, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
I just ordered some geraniums from geraniac@pacbell.net. I already grow many but this place has so many more than I have ever seen anywhere. I grow in the blue range already Johnson's Blue, Orion, Jolly Bee, Rozanne and Brookside. I am adding from Avant 'Sabina Blue' and from Geraniacea 'Blue Blood', 'Blue Sunrise', 'Baby Blue', 'Black Beauty'( a second one for the garden).

I noticed this on their site about Jolly Bee vs Rozanne.

Quoting:We were only planning to sell G. 'Rozanne' but many customers asked for G. 'Jolly Bee'. A taxonomist can tell them apart, but at 5' we can't. Remember culture can alter plant size and flower color. Large mounding habit. Large blue lilac flower with pale centers, faintly mottled leaves; very long flowering from spring to frost.

I must say I have a really hard time telling several of the blues apart. All pretty.

I am adding some whites too

G. 'Coombland White'
G. clarkei 'Kashmir Green'
G. oxonianum 'Prestbury Blush'
G. pratense 'Galactic'

And one odd dark colored one for the Chocolate bed.

G. phaeum 'Chocolate Chip' The darkest G. phaeum of all; our own selection; flowers dark brown-maroon, verging on dark chocolate.

Now to scurry off and see 'Lord Baltimore'. I have a few hibicus that I adore, but not that one. My 2007 planted 'Plum Crazy' died, or has yet to bloom. I need to inspect the spot this spring. It was a tiny twig when I got it for 3.50. I didn't think it would make it. I added for this spring 'Cranberry Crush' This is a Sept 2 2009 picture of 'Old Yella'

Snowy day here, so it is a perfect day to look for plants.

Robindog, I alway blame Victor and Wha....that is an easy problem for all of us. Evil men. Nice choices. I haven't looked at Select Seeds, more trouble! Patti