Hardy geraniums are reliable and unbeatable for your garden

Hardy geraniums are reliable and unbeatable for your garden.
1. Geranium wallichianum.
2. Geranium Rozanne.
3. Geranium Anne Thompson.
4. Rudbeckia Gold Star.
5. Cotinus 'Young Lady'.
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[@neverlostforwords]

I am posting here as I am a little disappointed to finally realise that some geraniums (including Rozanne) are sterile and the reason they keep flowering is because the plants keep trying to find a way to reproduce, but ultimately are unable to reproduce and keep flowering in hope. I am planning to look for fertile geraniums from now on. I have just found and planted Mavis Simpson and Mrs Kendall Clark which I believe are fertile but am on the search for new non-sterile cultivars or species geraniums. if you know of any good ones I'd love to hear about them. Thanks.

[@johnlordssecretgarden]

Geranium Rozanne is a derivate of the non-sterile Geranium 'Buxton's Blue'. If you're looking for a non-sterile Geranium similar to Rozanne I'd recommend that one.

[@neverlostforwords]

Great! Many thanks John. I will go looking for it online. :)

[@Knappa22]

Why is it disappointing? Just because the plant is sterile it doesn’t mean bees and other pollinators won’t like them. They love geraniums. It doesn’t matter if you don’t get seeds, these geraniums are easily propagated by division or by basal cuttings.

[@neverlostforwords]

@@Knappa22 Thank you for this info. Geranium Rozanne is still flowering here in my garden. I know the bees love the flowers. I read somewhere a few months ago that a UK research study found that Ger. Rozanne is bees'favourite plant. :) I haven't tried propagating them yet. Is autumn a good time for either division or basal cuttings?

[@maureenennis2298]

How often she we realistically water our garden I get loads of foliage and not enough flowers please John

[@Knappa22]

I have geranium rozeanne and wargrave pink in my garden. I propagate them by division and fill my garden with both varieties. They flower so profusely and for so long, and bees love them. A first class garden perennial.

[@theresaholden7580]

I love your attitude John! If I like it I leave it!

[@FreeLancerLondon]

Terrific guy and gardner. Love your attitude and enthusiasm. Great stuff. Thanks

[@breeking3333]

I so appreciate your view on gardening and reminders to just enjoy nature. You make me smile. Thank you.

[@giathomas745]

I love flowers 🌸

[@kokoteta46810]

I love your videos, I watch them with my 14 year old son, I love your soft irish accent, you have a kind and sweet face.

[@neverlostforwords]

Geranium Rozanne: Be careful! I have cut this plant back at least five times this summer (Melbourne Australia) and it is still going nuts! It won't stop flowering and the bees love it. It dies back in winter but comes back reliably and goes crazy all summer. it is clambering over all the nearby shrubs and perennials. (sigh) The bees love it by the way! :)

[@neverlostforwords]

Just a note to say it is still flowering in mid-winter! Ok, just one or two flowers and mostly foliage. I cut it back at the start of winter to a few inches and even just the crown on a few plants, but it definitely senses spring and is slowly moving away. What a clever little plant it is. :)

[@kateshand2920]

What a fabulous guy. I love watching John Lord.

[@christinejackson1236]

I do love your videos. They remind me that you should have confidence in your own opinions, make your own garden with help from experts but not ruled by them, and that gardening is not an exact science but relies, as well, on trial and error.

[@manygaga1]

well, because of you I just planted a geranium rozanne in my border :)

[@SkippyTheRedKangaroo]

Me too. If you want a beautiful companion plant, try pelargonium reniforme.

[@restawhileyall1781]

I watched and enjoyed your video, then I was going to go back to see the Geranium names. When I noticed you have listed them all neatly in your description section - that was it .... I had to subscribe!!

[@sarahjones-jf4pr]

What a refreshingly casual approach to gardening wonderful.!!done with great humour Thank-you.

[@sr-el3gt]

John makes me fall in love with gardening again and again and again and again..... that’s for the hardy geraniums tutorial. I thought cranesbill was the only hardy variety and can’t find it in any of the near by nursery. One of them have rozzane and I’ll get it tomorrow!!! Thank you 🙏🏼

[@barbll000]

Geraniums are always a great choice.

[@randy1817]

Good info!! I like that you say to just leave them and let the plants do their own thing. I've never trimmed any of my Geraniums.. But I think I might try to just nip them here and there to keep a few looking more mounded.. Maybe??

[@uzizle]

i have a hard time appreciating garden varieties sometimes, but this vid was great a highlighting the differences between em, great garden vibes

[@susantaylor4719]

I love the smoke bush and geranium combo. I haven't had any luck with hardy geraniums in my zone 7b garden (near Atlanta, GA). There are several pecan trees nearby, so maybe that is the problem...

[@estherrooney5264]

I’ve loved watching this and mainly I think because you are so relatable and the sense of humour. I smiled watching because you come across like any of us gardeners .... do we prune or don’t we🤔oh I’ll just leave it as it looks too good to cut back. That’s me all the time. It’s hard to be ruthless even if it’s for the best. Thank you

[@hobbitlady7568]

This garden is amazing

[@wendychandler8304]

Geranium pratense album 'Galactic' bought last year was tall and long flowering.

[@grahamthomas1429]

GT video and information love the smoke bush GT colours all round thanks for your time 🐝🐞🐤😁👍👍

[@bbsbacktobasics7695]

Awesome video.. beautiful garden. I love it and your scence of humour. Thank you

[@organic5011]

Such a rich video! Thanks for being you!!!

[@SandyKH]

I love geraniums, but my husband thinks they go everywhere. I think that's the point... can't get enough of them!!

[@evelyncastro-lake9199]

I’m really enjoying all of your videos! I have a long commute to my job, well over an hour, and your videos really help me get through it. On the plus side, I learn so much from you!

[@jessi330]

I could talk all day about plants with John. He's the gardener friend we all wish we had! I wish in some new plant varieties they tell you how they differ from the other ones -like same color but bigger flower. Or interesting flower color but the flower size is smaller etc. I was a person not really into geraniums. But now I'm turning and I want some, a strong selection. Not many.

[@Sofi_CraftsandMore35]

I am so amazed at how well your geraniums grow and branch out - I buy them from the local nursery here in the states- they bloom wonderfully but dont grow much more than a foot tall and foot wide. Zone 6 b - Is it because I planted them in part shade?

[@johnlordssecretgarden]

It depends on the variety, for instance, Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Geranium ‘Anne Folkard’ are very strong growers

[@wk4240]

Want a ground-cover that grows well in dry, hot, partly shady areas underneath pines and eucalyptus. Preferably that is rugged, evergreen, easy to manage (not too rampant) and flowers through-out the year.

[@user-kr4qh8ry2p]

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[@anderjpoo]

I would love to plant some Rosa sunset with the Phormium you have chosen, it compliments it so well, which variety is it please? My head is buzzing with ideas from your videos!

[@rosiethurman7900]

Very beautiful garden! I’m looking for a geranium for full sun

[@vogb8566]

Thanks for the information. i have a problem in some part of my garden that it gets to wet when it rains heavily and water stayed there for days. I had plant planted in that area and died. I am thinking to plant geranium but I am not sure if will survive when heavy rain comes again. Thanks so much

[@pattycakes5082]

I love Rozanne and have them facing east. Zone 9 in California Central Valley. How would they do facing west without any protection?

[@shinealways4]

What would be a good geranium for west facing garden where the garden bed is shaded by the fencing panel or/and house? The bed is open to the sky though so there's always light and it is exposed to the elements.

[@sallynolan5928]

Nice, crisp sound to your secateurs- - Felco?

[@rosiethurman7900]

Leave it! Agreed 😊

[@pogsslammer2106]

John, what is the beautiful yellow plant behind the geranium at 3:54? Simply amazing!

[@johnlordssecretgarden]

Helianthus Loddon Gold. Very easy to grow and looks a bit like a dahlia

[@AffordBindEquipment]

my dad planted 5 geranium plants probably 25 years ago. we inherited them and they are doing fine. they are 4 orange and 1 lavender. BUT this year, in one of the orange plants, a single white flower appeared! we have been tending them for about 5 years and we have never seen this before all these years. I know there are white geraniums, but can this also be a genetic fluke or variation on an orange flowered plant?

[@zareegoraya1528]

Love your videos and the way you go about explaining. Where are you located, so that I know how cold or warm it gets there. I am in Toronto Canada.

[@johnlordssecretgarden]

Ireland has a very different climate from the east coast of Canada. We're more like Vancouver.

[@kittenkorleone2918]

Would you happen to know the name of a hardy geranium that grows about 30 inches tall and wide. Has a loose airy form. Raspberry red flower with black eye. Can't seem to get any info on this plant.

[@hobbitlady7568]

John Lord, he really gardens.

[@mikeward9039]

Yup you can’t beat hardy geraniums

[@marilynsmith8054]

Ditch the music. We are interested in the plants.

[@kurtacker4224]

Get rid of the noise!!! No elevator music needed.

[@miglena2s]

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[@olsonlr]

the music makes it harder to understand you