Comments on: A Giant Amongst Geraniums https://gardern.co.za/2011/05/giant-amongst-geraniums/ Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 22:32:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: scottweberpdx https://gardern.co.za/2011/05/giant-amongst-geraniums/#comment-3902 Tue, 10 May 2011 03:12:48 +0000 #comment-3902 Fabulous! Such an astonishing display! I had read they were monocarpic…have you found that to be the case?

]]> By: Megan https://gardern.co.za/2011/05/giant-amongst-geraniums/#comment-3901 Sat, 07 May 2011 22:49:21 +0000 #comment-3901 I'm always amazed at what you get to bloom in your greenhouse! The G. maderenses are still flowering all over the place here in San Francisco 🙂

]]> By: Kaveh https://gardern.co.za/2011/05/giant-amongst-geraniums/#comment-3900 Sat, 07 May 2011 06:21:43 +0000 #comment-3900 Glad to see your G. madarense bloomed. Have you noticed the fragrance. I have a friend who has a not very nice way to describe it but I have never really noticed it personally.

I grew one in a huge pot on my balcony when I lived in Santa Monica. It is pretty neat to see how quickly and thoroughly they collapse and die after blooming and setting seed.

]]> By: Anonymous https://gardern.co.za/2011/05/giant-amongst-geraniums/#comment-3899 Fri, 06 May 2011 16:33:27 +0000 #comment-3899 Here in eastern Massachusetts, a couple of falls ago I goofed and left my G maderense outdoors, in the ground. The temperature dropped to 22F, a good, hard freeze, no snow cover. The next day I hacked it out of the icy ground, threw it in a pot, and it survived quite nicely.

One side effect is that it now has two crowns, so it might be worth dividing. Then there's the task of finding a 30" pot like yours…

]]> By: Lona https://gardern.co.za/2011/05/giant-amongst-geraniums/#comment-3898 Fri, 06 May 2011 02:45:49 +0000 #comment-3898 What a marvelous geranium Matt. It is a big one isn't it? Very pretty.

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