This is a geranium I am hoping to register next year but need some help with the name. Any suggestions?
name for Himalayense
blueberry ice, ice queen, glacier, blueberry swirl, ice-cap
This message was edited Wednesday, Aug 14th 6:54 AM
Blueberry ice I quite like as my husband has a passion to grow lots of currant bushes for his wine making.
quite suits it too, it reminds me of the carte d'or ice cream when you first open the lid, only with blueberries instead of strawberries.
does your husband make a lot of wine? my mum made elderberry one year, and also a gooseberry which was very nice ;D quite a sweet wine though.
yes but he drinks most of it because I have an alcohol intolerance so I drink very little. He does make the most georgous wine from cherries. I will gladly suffer for a small glass of that.
mmm cherry wine sounds gorgeous, i've had cherry beer and cherry brandy but not cherry wine.
It comes out like sherry, but pinker
annette
oops just looked again and didnt finish my sentence
I think you should look at other names og geraniums and other plants in the plant finder and then change one slightly to suit.
also try looking up the word white in a thesaurus
Mark
This message was edited Wednesday, Aug 14th 6:39 PM
what other names do you mean?
other plants have been named
White Knight
White Bridge
White City
White Gem
White Lightening
White Joy
Snow flake
snowy
there are so many repeating white knight/pearl/ness
there are so many possibilities in there
just a suggestion! "pearly White" Elaine
I quite like Ben Blanc - Ben is my sons name and Blanc as Im sure you know means white
Ben Blanc:
Sounds like the French have reached the highlands, lol.
Seriously though, it's a lovely flower Psilo, why don't you call it Ben white, or Ben Psilo (or your fam. name) White?
*just a wee suggestion"
Wintermoor
Doesnt have quite the same ring to it though does it? I quite like the illiteration of Ben Blanc. white seems so mundane, everyone uses it.
As for the highlands. we're not even close
Gee, psilo, I reread this thread again and I do like the name.Ben Blanc! Elaine
I do too Elaine. I also quite like Avalance
what did you name this beauty?
actually Ive just realised that I havent registered it yet!! :O must do that this spring. I think I am going to call it Ben Blanc. I named my first hg after my daughter Jennifer and so my second will have to be after my son Ben and of course as you know blanc is french for white. I think it sounds good.
Have found a better photograph of it. When I first introduced this plant people thought that it was Derrick Cook. But it isnt. This hg grows no bigger than HG Irish blue and the veining on the flower is dominently blue instead of red. Watching it grow over the last 3 years this geranium is certainly a Himalayense of some type. I have managed to grow it from seed too but it wont flower until this summer so it will be interesting to see what the resulting flowers are like as the growth is certainly similar.
Here is a comparison between Derrick Cooke on the right and Ben Blanc on the left. The difference in colour of the anthers and the veining can clearly be seen.
ooops sorry forgot the photo !! :S
I can see they are different, and I really like the blue veining's, I am not up to scratch on a lot of the named HG so I am trying to educate my self on yours and marks threads, as well as your web sites, and any suggested sites in your threads. but I do know that I really like the highly veined Hg's Good name and we drink plenty Sav Blanc here.
Because if the beautiful veining I see.......
"White Lace"
" Antique Lace"
"Tatted Lace"
JMHO
§hirley
This message was edited Jan 21, 2004 4:57 PM
love white lace shirley but as my first geranium was named after my daughter, my son would be mortified if i didnt name it after him!
Oooopsie! ....LOL