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Miniature zonal pelargonium "Telstar" and the Iris at Morning Star Nursery
"Telstar" miniature zonal pelargoniumI got this miniature zonal "Telstar" when I visited Sulman's Nursery when they closed down many years ago. It is quite a favourite of mine. The flowers are double...
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Dwarf Pelargonium "Grainger's Aralia" and a new Pelargonium website
"Grainger's Aralia"This is one of my favourite zonal pelargoniums. Not often seen, Grainger's Aralia has soft peach coloured semi-double flowers. The leaves are gold with a brown zone. Raised in...
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Zonartic Pelargonium "Lara Genie" and butterflies down under
"Lara Genie" - zonartic pelargoniumAnother beauty from the late Cliff Blackman - softest pale pink double flowers.I visited a butterfly farm on my trip to Australia last October. Here are some of the...
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"Charmay Snowflurry" - Scented Leaf Pelargonium and some views of RHS Garden,...
With the entire UK grasped in the grips of both “The Beast from the East (Siberia) and Storm Emma (from Iberia), the scented leaf pelargoniums are a delightful reminder of summer to come. “Charmay...
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Pelargonium longicaule - species pelargonium
P. longicauleA friend in South Africa kindly sent me some seed of Pelargonium longicaule that grows in her garden. She had seen my reference on one of the Facebook pages to P. trifidum that I grow in...
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"Gosport" - Gold leaf pelargonium and sowing seeds
"Gosport" is another beautiful pelargonium raised by the late Brian West from the Isle of Wight, UK. This is a dwarf gold leaf pelargonium, the leaves having a light bronze zone. The flowers are...
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Miniature Pelargonium "Jinky" and sowing seeds of P. littorale
I got this miniature zonal pelargonium "Jinky" in Sweden when I visited the Sune Trygg nursery. I had not seen this before and it was not in flower so I was delighted when it finally opened its...
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Zonartic Pelargoniums - a surprise yellow flower
Unicorn Diva - zonartic pelargonioumI just had to show you the surprise I had when I went to my small plastic greenhouse in which I have just moved my zonartic pelargoniums for the summer. One of...
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Fibrex Nurseries 60th Anniversary Show Weekend - before the show
It was a wonderful weekend - the weather was not perfect, but it was dry and warm. I arrived on Friday afternoon to help wherever help was needed. I was first set to making fudge balls from Heather's...
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Fibrex Nurseries 60th Anniversary Show Weekend - 16th June and an exciting...
I did not take many photo's of the sales houses filled with members of the public buying their plants. I went to two of three of the talks. I was booked into one given by Ursula Key-Davis, but it...
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Fibrex Nurseries 60th Anniversary Show Weekend - 17th June Smelie Pellies and...
On the morning of the show during judging I went to another talk - this time given by Heather Goddard-Key. Heather distills oils from the leaves of scented pelargoniums. She had shown me her still a...
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"Alex Kitson" - Dwarf zonal pelargonium
"Alex Kitson" - Dwarf zonal pelargoniumAlex Kitson is a new pelargonium or me this year. I bought it at the plant sale we had at The Pelargonium & Geranium Society Annual General Meeting last...
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"Bosham" - Regal Pelargonium
There are two Regals named listed "Bosham" in The Pelargonium Register, both with the same description and introduced in the same year, so I am guessing one and the same. Raised by Pearce, UK...
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Dwarf Zonal Pelargonium "Bold Magic", and mystery pelargonium named
"Bold Magic" Fully double deep salmon flowers make John Gibbons'"Bold Magic" an attractive dwarf zonal pelargonium. The leaves are dark green with a darker green zone. This makes a good show...
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Zonal Pelargonium "Bold Moonlight"
Bold MoonlightAnother zonal pelargonium by John Gibbons - "Bold Moonlight" was introduced in 1996. The large single flowers are pale pink and the top two petals are white at the centre. The green...
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"Maureen" - Dwarf Zonal Pelargonium
Zonal Pelargonium"Maureen"I don't have much success with the dwarf zonal pelargonium "Maureen". But next year I am going to "try harder". Although I have a note that she is a dwarf type, and she...
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Fairfields - Stellar pelargonium
"Fairfields" Stellar pelargonium Introduced in 2007 through Fibrex Nurseries and raised by Brian West, UK. "Fairfields" is a beautiful double stellar pelargonium with pink and white flowers which are...
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Angel Pelargonium "Billie Barnes"
I have very few Angel Pelargoniums just now, but of the few I do have "Billie Barnes" is one of my favourites. Raised by Jim Zemcik, USA. The flowers have three lower petals of white with very...
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"Alex Kitson" Dwarf Zonal Pelargonium
Dwarf zonal pelargonium "Alex Kitson"I think I got this last year at the plant sale held each year at ThePelargonium & Geranium Society Annual General Meeting. As most of the plants are, it was a...
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"Deerwood Darling" - Miniature Zonal Pelargonium
"Deerwood Darling" is a miniature zonal pelargonium with flowers of an unusual shade of pink - a sort of apricot, salmon and pink, depending on the light. The growth is compact and dense and makes a...
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