One in Adelphi, Maryland, one in Wildwood, Florida, one at the US National Arboretum with a grandfatherly interest in many more around the DC area (unless noted, pictures are taken the day of post)
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Unidentified Pelargonium, 30 year old Gardenia standard, and Veronicastrum
I got home kind of early and finished my posts before it got dark so I took some pictures in the garden. I don't know what this Pelargonium is, I probably threw the label away when I planted it the first year, but I like it becuse the single flowers take rain better than their fancier double relatives. There's a nice double pink on the other deck but I find myself cleaning it daily and that's not one of my favorite gardening tasks. The Gardenia is a standard; it's lived here as long as we have (~25 years). It winters in the unheated section of the basement. The Veronicastrum I just got from Lazy S's last year. I've always liked this plant but assumed it wouldn't like dry sand. Pete told me his stock plant lived on a dry embankment so I decided to give it a try. So far so good though it's admittedly been a moist 14 months. We'll see.
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