Top Ten Best Sellers at The Hardy Geranium Nursery
At the end of each season I like to review which Geraniums have been the biggest sellers or the most popular that year. Of course, these statistics can be skewed by bulk buys of individual cultivars and how many I have in stock of any variety (I can’t always carry as [...]
TOP TEN Best-performing Geraniums in The North-facing Garden in 2019
Nik, the owner of The North Facing Garden is an exceptional plantsman and gardener with a careful and skilled eye for detail and design turning a small north-facing garden into a wonderous treasure trove of plants. Nik who is an avid fan of hardy geraniums and confesses to be somewhat obsessed [...]
Covid-19 and The Hardy Geranium Nursery March 2020
Okay well this year got off to a rocky start for me at the nursery. The ridiculously wet winter we endured, no doubt the result of all the rain dances and prayers horticulturists throughout the UK sent up last summer, has left my geraniums on something of a back foot. [...]
Spring Flowering Geraniums
Now that summer is relinquishing its grip and autumn is nudging its way in it’s a great time to think ahead to next spring. While the overnight temperatures are dropping, the soil and daytime temperatures are still warm enough for plants to put down some roots and to establish themselves [...]
Geraniums for Shade
One of the most brilliant things about geraniums is how they will generally grow anywhere. There are of course always a few exceptions and some will have more particular requirements. In this blog we're going to look at geraniums suitable for areas of shade. These sorts of areas are similar [...]
When to tidy your geraniums
Personally I don't think there is a wrong or right time to do this, as in the perfect time through the growing season. Being as some geraniums will have a short seasonal flowering period, such as spring or summer and some will go nearly all year long, it really depends [...]