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  • Gazania
  • Geranium
    • x cantabrigiense ‘Westray’   CAG02126
      $12.00earn 60 points

    • incanum   CAG00256
      Geranium incanum
      $12.00earn 60 points

      A soft, flowing perennial from South Africa and the most useful and reliable of the genus for our climate. Saucer shaped, 3.5cm, pink-purple flowers are produced prolifically over a deep carpet of fine, filigree foliage. Spill down walls, over rocks and across paths with abandon as the trailing stems are non rooting. Good covering foil for Amaryllis belladonna, or other large bulbs, or for hiding ugly trunks of roses.

      Happy in any adequately drained soil but best in sand. Tolerant of light Shade but sun and exposure dictate density. Some summer watering is essential but less so in the south.

      Cut back very hard when in positive growth for complete renewal and replace every few years with young self sown seedlings, ruthlessly discard any of coarse form or inferior flower.

    • x riversleaianum ‘Mavis Simpson’   CAG01337
      $12.00earn 60 points

      A vigorous variety forming a sprawling mound of deeply incised, rounded, jagged edged, silvery satin, green leaves and bearing throughout spring and summer silver pink, saucer shaped, 2cm flowers just above.

      Selected at Kew and one of the few of European origin to last more than a year or two here (inadequate vernalization is my favoured theory), indeed it often self sows, no doubt the influence of its part southern hemisphere heritage, G. traversii from the Chatham Islands, the rest is G. endressii. If it runs out of steam over our long growing season a quick cut down to its clustered rhizomes will see tidy renewed growth, flowers too if early on, otherwise wait until it naturally retreats to a reduced winter state, allowing it to recycle nutrients and build energy for the following season.

      Easily grown in any well drained, not dry soil with morning sun or high shade.

  • Geum
  • Gladiolus
    • dalenii   CAG00265
      $12.00earn 60 points

      A vigorous and reliable species for the garden, producing large clumps of blue green, sword-like foliage and bearing tall spikes of pale red and yellow, trumpet shaped flowers in summer and often again in autumn. Dies down in winter to return ever more vigorously the following year.

      Found throughout the summer rainfall regions of southern and tropical Africa and very easy in the garden with regular watering in all but the heaviest of soils and making a lovely companion for Daylilies, Montbretias and Lily of the nile.

      Excellent for cutting as a Gladdy is expected to be.

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