Pruning Geraniums
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Pruning Geraniums
Geraniums can be a wonderfully versatile and beautiful garden plant and you can keep yours full and vibrant simply by pruning geraniums in the proper manner. Unlike some garden plants that can be left to their own devices, geraniums will become sparse and "leggy" if you do not prune them properly. However, spending a little time with your geraniums every so often will ensure that these wonderful plants have a long and beautiful life in your garden.
When To Prune?
Periodically, you should pinch off some of the buds from your geraniums in order to get them to grow back fuller. However, in January or February you want to take a good look at your plant and do some major geranium pruning, culling out all the dead shoots and making sure to remove all the dead leaves and branches. Your plant might not look so good after this, but in a few months it will spring back to the beautiful vibrant plant that was when you first planted it.
When To Prune?
Periodically, you should pinch off some of the buds from your geraniums in order to get them to grow back fuller. However, in January or February you want to take a good look at your plant and do some major geranium pruning, culling out all the dead shoots and making sure to remove all the dead leaves and branches. Your plant might not look so good after this, but in a few months it will spring back to the beautiful vibrant plant that was when you first planted it.
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What's So Great About Geraniums?
Even though you do have to spend a little bit of time pruning Geraniums, they are well worth it because they are quite a versatile plant. Actually there are several types of Geraniums and they look wonderful both in planters and planted directly in the garden soil. One variety, the Ivy Geranium, it's perfect for hanging baskets as its leaves hang down like an Ivy.Not only are Geraniums beautiful, coming in several different colors, they are also resistant to pests and even repel deer. So, if you plant them in your garden next to other plants they can act as a sort of organic pest control. This is because geraniums have very strong essential oils that plant eating bugs and animals simply don't like.
Not only are they beautiful and functional, you can propagate them easily by simply taking cuttings. Just cut off a section of Geranium about 4 inches down from the end and dip it in some growing hormone. Then stand it upright in a mixture of sand and peat moss and stick it under a grow light for about eight weeks until the roots start to grow. Then you can plant it in a pot which you can keep it in, or let it get a little older and transplant it into your garden.
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fulltimehockeymom
May 29, 2011 @ 3:44 am | delete
- Great lens, just planted a bunch of geraniums myself!
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Bowenwcoen
Oct 30, 2010 @ 3:54 pm | delete
- thanks for the video, that is really helpful, i am getting ready to pot up one of my geraniums that i started in the garden from a cutting, it needs more room, and your helped me with the pruning thanks, Bowen www.squidoo.com/retro-reading-glasses
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