Bulbous pelargoniums

Denise Marie Ortiz desertdenial@hotmail.com
Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:51:22 PDT
Andrew thanks for the information. I will stop watering the ones with blooms now.  Some of mine that had already gone dormant and did not bloom are in pots inside the house. I have a few that are winter dormant and they are on a shaded porch. 
 
Marie
Sunny Hot Arizona
 
> From: awilson@avonia.com
> To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 08:00:38 -0700
> Subject: Re: [pbs] Bulbous pelargoniums
> 
> Marie, Thanks! 
> 
> Pushing out bloom stocks is what they are meant to do now. You think the
> plants have gone dormant in April or early May, depending on the year and
> the location. Only after that has finished does the real action take place!
> Do not water them after they have started to throw up the bloom shoots. They
> do this out in the Karoo and in northern Namaqualand, beautiful flowers
> above totally bare rock and soil.
> 
> In sunny, hot Arizona, as you put it, they should do great. If you have them
> in pots I would recommend keeping them partly shaded in summer to prevent
> the pots getting to 180 F - which they can. In the ground they are perfect
> in full sun as the soil temperature drops rapidly even 0.5 inches below the
> surface. Adding pebbles, as in nature, accomplishes this. 
> 
> Whenever the Wiki gets back to normal I may add some more shots. Alberto
> (off line on account of site matters) asked for shots to show leaves. I
> cannot show both flowers and leaves together. Now you know why.
> 
> Andrew
> San Diego
> 
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> 
> 
> Andrew great pictures. I just started growing some of these this past year.
> I had a new order come in of some that should have been going dormant about
> now but instead are sending up bloom stocks.
> 
> Marie
> Suny Hot Arizona
> 
> > From: awilson@avonia.com
> > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 22:57:01 -0700
> > Subject: [pbs] Bulbous pelargoniums
> > 
> > In this delightfully cool year, spring has lasted an amazing length of
> time.
> > The tuberous pelargoniums are still in bloom here. They are normally 
> > late bloomers but this year they have lasted longer than normal. If 
> > you go to 
> > http://flickr.com/photos/andrewrmw/…
> > box/ you'll see P. triandrum and if you go to 
> > http://flickr.com/photos/andrewrmw/…
> > box/ you'l see P. caroli-henrici, a personal favorite.
> > 
> > Andrew
> > San Diego
> > 
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