Richard Hawke is plant rating manager at the Chicago Botanic Garden , where he conducts recollective - full term trials on scads of ornamental plants . For the retiring 15 age , he has judge more than 180 varieties of true geranium ( Geraniumspp . and cvs . ) , then tabulate the results of those useable today for leverage by gardeners .
You ’ll find Richard ’s top picks and why he likes them in “ Geraniums : The good of the full ” in the May / June 2012 issuance ofFine Gardening(#145 ) . We could n’t print the full upshot of his subject in the magazine , but we can bid many of them here as a download .
The chart includes more than 100 geranium sort , and each is characterise by sun / shade requirements , industrial plant height and width , flower color and size of it , flush period , and flower coverage , along with Richard ’s military rank . If you ’re in the market place for a fresh geranium or if you want to get an skillful opinion on a plant you already have , download the chart and take a aspect .
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