Sun/shade: A hybrid between G. incanum and G. robustum, South African geraniums which are tolerant of sun and heat. (See comments for additional info.)
Moisture: Best with regular water.
Pruning: Too soon to tell
Problems: None so far
Purchased: Late April, 2003 at the Green Scene plant sale at Fullerton Arboretum
Planted: Late April, 2003.
Conditions: Planted in full sun in rich, amended clay soil.
Other comments: The new plants are still very small, but some nice fall (reddish-orange) coloring is already noticable on some of the leaves. I purchased this plant from Robin Parer, owner of Geraniaceae nursery in northern California. I asked her if she had any Geraniums that can take heat and sun, and she immediately pointed these out to me. Her catalog says it will get 18 inches tall and 36 inches wide, but I expect it to exceed that a little in my garden since everything else does. It also reportedly blooms spring to fall. It is listed under "Scramblers and Crawlers" in her catalog, so I planted one of them at the edge of a path beneath a large Zepherine Drouhin climbing bourbon rose, and the other at the top of a short retaining wall; they can tumble over the wall and into the path.
