Geranium is one of the most common plants in indoor and garden floriculture. Unpretentious in care and responsive to abundant watering – these plants are widely cultivated in many countries of the world. The only condition for growing all varieties of garden geraniums is to create an abundance of light for them.
Check out the names of geranium species and photos of flowers presented on this page.
Tall and low-growing varieties of geranium
Geranium (GERANIUM) belongs to the Geranium family, the love of gardeners for these plants is explained by the beauty of their leaves, long and abundant flowering, undemandingness.
In culture, mainly plants of subalpine meadows of the Pyrenees, Apennines, Balkans, Carpathians and the Caucasus are used.
As you can see in the photo, most species and varieties of geraniums are perennial rhizome grasses with a rosette of dissected leaves, above which almost leafless flower stalks with one or two flowers rise.
For convenience, geraniums can be conventionally divided into two groups: 1. High (over 50 cm); 2. Stunted (10-50 cm).
Tall geraniums:
Geranium marsh (G. palustre) – with purple flowers; Georgian (G. ibericum) – purple flowers with purple veins.
Geranium red-brown (G. phaeum) – with dark flowers and a red pattern that appears on the leaves in summer, the leaves overwinter; and blood red (G. sanguineum ) – with red flowers and hibernating leaves.
Forest geranium (G. sylvaticum) – with purple flowers.
Grades:
Alba, Striatum.
As you can see in the photo of the geranium variety “Mayflower” , the plant has bluish flowers.
Geranium meadow (G. pratense) – lilac-blue flowers, variety “Splish Splash” has variegated flowers.
Small-grained geranium (G. psilostemon) – bright crimson flowers with a black eye; flat-petal (G. platypetalum) – blue-violet flowers.
Pay attention to the photo and description of the geraniums of the undersized group. G. Himalayan (G. hymalayense) -blue-violet flowers with reddish veins, variety “Johnson” s “blue flowers.
Dalmatian geranium (G. dalmaticum) – flowers are pale pink, “Alba” has white flowers; and coarse-grained (G. macrorrhizum) – is distinguished by the presence of a long dark rhizome located on the soil surface and bright purple flowers.
Ash geranium (G. cinereum) – lilac-pink flowers; and Pyrenean (G. pyrenaicum) – height 25 cm, juvenile.
Renard’s geranium (G. renardii) is the most original geranium with olive green leaves, on which a red pattern appears by the middle of summer, and pale flowers with purple veins.
Grades:
“Insversen” – purple-pink flowers, “Spessart” – white pink.
Look at the photo of the Endris species (G. endressii) – the flowers of this plant are relatively small, pink with dark veins and a pearlescent tint.
Growing conditions. All tall geraniums are light-loving plants, except for red-brown, blood-red and forest, which grow well and bloom profusely both in the sun and in
partial shade. They need fertile, well-hydrated soils.
Breeding. All geraniums are propagated by dividing the bush (early spring or late summer) and seeds (sowing before winter or early spring). Seeds germinate quickly, seedlings bloom in the second year.
Planting density of tall geraniums – 5 pcs. per 1 m2, undersized – 12 pcs. per 1 m2.
