Perennials: Hardy Geranium resource links, info, and pics?, 0 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:

beaker--yes, I have read that they are from the same crosses, too. That rumor may have something to do with Alan Bloom trademarking 'Rozanne' with a plant patent restricting propagation so those not willing to pay the price to him have developed the "Jolly Bee" using the same parents...just a thought. At any rate they are very similar if not the same.

I looked at the University of Georgia trial results and they give the two cultivars slightly different bloom time and scores.

http://ugatrial.hort.uga.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.pla...

I'm interested in the U. of GA results because their climate is hot and humid like ours and much of what is written about HG culture comes from England and I'm finding doesn't apply here in Cincinnati.

BTW For anyone interested in write-ups on the various hardy geraniums, Paghat gives a lot of background and detail on the various cutivars and she gardens in the PNW.

http://www.paghat.com/garden4.html

Here is my "Max Frei"--after the first flush in late May blooms are sparse in July and August. Still pretty, though.