This year has been really hectic for me, hence it has been really bad for my plants. These past couple of days I have been doing a lot of work around my little garden. Mainly cutting back the plants that should have been cut back months ago, replacing the plants that should have been replaced months ago, etc. It has been a bit embarassing to have a container gardening blog and yet have such an ugly container garden. Hopefully things are on the right path now though…
These are the plants right next to my front door. It’s kind of a shady spot, so I have some calla lillies, bacopa, fiber optic grass, fuchsia, and my most favorite geranium (‘Vancouver Centennial’).
This is my little seed starting and cutting growing area on the other side of my front door. When I hacked back a scented geranium and a chocolate mint plant a couple of days ago, I kept what I cut back and am rooting them here. it’s a partial shade spot, so it’s good for plants that are “recovering.”
This is the main part of my garden. Lots of bare spots thanks to all that cutting back I did. Hopefully in a month or two this will look much better.
The only vegetables I planted this year are these peppers I bought at a local university sale with Adriana.
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Love the Vancouver Centennial! I don’t remember seeing it in the nurseries around me. Did you get it online? Beautiful garden as always!
Louise — I got the Vancouver Centennial from a high end nursery here in So Cal. If you can’t find it and would like a cutting, I can snip off a piece, get it rooted and then mail it to you.
Seriously Fern, you don’t give yourself enough credit. Your garden looks great! Your $5.00 geranium is cute!
Hi, i will like to ask u how to propagate geranium. I have a geranium plant that kept growing longer and longer as i did not know to cut it. Could u please advise? Thanks!!
Kaikit–geraniums are very simple to propagate. Simply cut off a long stem with a sharp scissors or clippers, remove any leaves from the bottom 2-3 inches, and stick the exposed stem into moist soil. Keep the soil evenly moist (but not drenched) until the geranium has developed lots of new roots. You’ll know that roots have formed when you can’t easily pull out the geranium from the dirt.