Money Saving Geraniums (Geranium)

Member Name: elbar1

Product:	Geranium
Date:	07/08/08 (86 review reads)
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Advantages: so easy to multiply, pretty and lovely smelling

Disadvantages: you can't bear to throw any cuttings away!

i wanted to write a review on geraniums because they are so simple to grow, look pretty, last well and very cheap.

If you want you can grow them from seeds but to be honest my experience with packet seeds has never been good. I just hardly get anything to grow from them (this is just geraniums. This applies to most seeds I've plants) I just don't have the knack. Cuttings are where my talents lie!

When we moved into a new house with an empty courtyard we went off to B&Q to buy some pots and plants to brighten it up. We bought lots of geraniums because it was summertime, they were flowering and very reasonable.

I read that to encourage them to grow you should pinch out new growth. I did this for a while and then just as a trial stuck the stalk I had pinched out into the earth. It grew so quickly and was flowering within 2 weeks! Since then I never through away any geranium clippings. I always plant them and I probably have about a 80% success rate. I don't look after them well, just pop them in the soil, mostly in pots that already have geraniums.

They come in many different colours and are a great way to add lots of plant life and colour to your garden. I haven't bought a new plant in 5 years and yet we have so many blossoming in the garden.

try it!

Summary: A great plant that is easy to grow and adds lots of colour