Geranium Tips and Care for Thick, Full Plants 🍃🌸// How's It Growing?
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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Today I want to share how I care for my geranium. I absolutely love them, one of my favorites. These have been here since the first week in May, and look as fresh and as beautiful as ever. This method applies to the annual variety of geraniums, not the hardy geraniums that are more of a thick ground cover. I'm enjoying them right now, because they will be fading out pretty soon as the temps drop, and then I will be replacing with some beautiful new evergreen and seasonal touches to carry through winter. Hope you all enjoy this "quick tip" type of video. If you have anything else like this you'd like to see, drop me a comment and let me know. Have a beautiful day!
Oh, and thank you so much to all that lived through poor audio. I have a mic now. Hooray!! Tap, tap. Is this thing on? 😂❤️🎤🎬
About Me:
I'm a small town city gardener in New Jersey, Zone 7a, with a love of English Cottage style gardening, with just a touch of formality. I do this all myself. It brings me so much joy. I edge, plant, mow, fertilize, water, prune, trim hedges, saw tree limbs, install drip irrigation, install low voltage garden lights, maintain the fountains. You name it, I take care of it. Labor of love. ❤️👩🏻🌾
And then there was audio! Nice job! 🎤
Ahh! Yes! Thank you Aaron. 🥰 My goodness, it really makes all the difference.
Every time I see geraniums, I remember my neighbor who lived 2 doors down, same side of the street; where we lived when my children were in school. She grew beautiful red geraniums around the mailbox, at the street curb.I planted them around my mailbox, at the street curb. Mine wouldn't grow, just died. So,I planted begonias, they grew beautifully,I was happy but I always admired her geraniums when I walked past her home. On day I was tending my begonias,my neighbor walked over to visit,she said, "I just love YOUR begonias, they won't grow for me, so I planted geraniums, but I sure enjoy yours when I walk by. We had a great conversation, and became close friends. She kept the geraniums for me, and I kept the begonias for her. Thanks for the memories!
That is absolutely beautiful. Gardens bring people together. The best most kind people too. ❤️ This was like the Gift of the Magi, but with plants. 😂 What a nice story. I’m going to share with my Mom, too sweet not to share. Have a great night. 🥰🥰
@@HowsItGrowing Laura, Her name was Ms. ROXIE, all of our children loved to sit and talk with her in her front yard, even when she let parents know when kids weren't being good neighbors. We loved and respected her! She was a Deputy Sheriff.🇺🇸
Very easy, very simple...that's just what I needed, plus the great camera angle so I could see EXACTLY where to snap off the fading flower. I was doing it wrong! I also appreciated that it was short and to the point!
Many thanks.
Thank you. I have been doing mine wrong taking flowers off. I will go out now and do it right
I live in Australia and have several Geraniums. They are a bit like cooking a sponge cake, some people can cook them others can’t. Lucky for me, my Geraniums seem to grow like weeds, my biggest problem is getting them to not grow as compact as they do, but still keep them looking balanced.
Helpful video and naming your plant zone (7A) very helpful. I’m in MD and received a geranium as a gift and i want to show my appreciation by caring for it. I just went out and plucked the dead looking blooms at the *knuckle*!
I live in TX. And it has been hot. So I brought it in the house, and it looks like it is dying..what can I do? Thank You for all your tips..Jesus'nBarbie
I'm glad you partnered with Garden Answer today. I found your channel because of it. So excited to see your videos.
They look beautiful. Love that pink, one of my favorite pinks!! thanks for sharing tips on how to keep them blooming.
They look very good.
Thank you for your much-needed advice on these beautiful flowers!
Southern California ☀️
Yes! I asked about your geraniums a couple videos ago, and am happy to see you make a video on them. If I could like this video more than once, I would. Thanks for the tips! 😁
Hi Laura! Thank you so much for the video-the content was exactly what I was looking for! Your flowers and property look absolutely adorable. I to live in South Jersey and look forward to learning more of what you seem to have mastered!
Hey Laura, I love the new lapel microphone! It makes such a difference in the sound quality of your videos, I no longer have to strain to hear you. Have you ever started geraniums from cuttings? They are really easy to start directly in the ground that way (be sure to pop off any blooms from the cuttings).
Margie Schaecher I didn’t know it was that easy! I am going to have to give that a try next growing season 🤗
They look beautiful!
Beautiful landscaping Hon! Beautiful plants!!
Beautiful geraniums, love the pink color. Thanks for the video.
Thaaaaank u!! Luv ur yard! Luv ur tips! (nice to see u on camera as well) Don't be shy..u have so much to be proud of😁
One of my favorite flowers to plant during the summer 💕
Thank you for all the wonderful tips.
Good tips thank you. In Australia and wondered how to keep my geraniums going during winter months - and stop caterpillars!
Hello friend so beautiful flowers and very helpful tips!
Your videos are always interesting and informative!👍
Good job and God bless dear!🙏
Your house looks so pretty with all those beautiful plants. I planted geraniums for the first time in window boxes and the leaves already look like it’s dying they’re turning yellow. I’ll see if I can apply this trick. Thank you !
thank you, I just picked up some from the nursery, i was nervous about taking care of them, so thanks
They are such great plants. Very easy to care for. Plenty of sun is important for the most flowers. 🌸🌸
You're plants are beautiful! Thank you for sharing!!!
Laura geraniums are my favorite flowers thank you for the tips
Thanks so much for watching. Aren’t they just the best? Every year they end up being my favorite in containers. Can’t resist. 🥰
Beautiful geraniums!. Did I miss how often to water?
Great tip about snapping the old bloom at the knuckle. Never heard that before. ☺️
You have a gorgeous garden
It was a good tip, I would also like to know how much water to give them or when to water the plants. Thanks
Use spray and grow ounce a week. AMAZING RESULTS !
Great tips, lovely video - thank you!
Very beautiful, quick, to the point and great information! Thank you 🙏
Thank you! I love geraniums. 💜
Great info as usual Laura. I will be putting out a flower box on my fence this spring so this came at a good time for me.
Great video!! Beautiful!!
Very helpful. Thanks a bunch.
They are very pretty. Tfs. Good info. 💕👏🏻👏🏻
Nice tips. Thank you.
Beautiful ❤️❣️❣️❣️ keep it up ♥️ur growing n glowing up the garden thanks for the tip I grow them to n i liked the flower not knowing they were wasting time not filling my pot space😆sure the energy Need to be devorted in appropriate place.i will pluck them
Thank you Laura, very helpful video.
Tysm this was exactly what I needed to know.
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I’m so glad! I’m on Instagram and post often on there. I have geraniums again this year doing great! Thanks for subscribing!
Great tips for keeping them compact. Will you be overwintering any? I’m going to try overwintering mine for the first time this year. Wish me luck!
Joy In The Garden I kept my white geraniums in the heated garage by the window over the winter and watered once a month. They did great this year. I will try again this winter . 7b
Martha Greene that’s lovely. They’re so beautiful it’s a shame to let them die in the cold.
Thanks for that lesson.
Love your garden!!! Tab
I'm new to growing geraniums and I'm starting them from seed so this is very helpful. Your jacket is so cute where did you get it?
Thank you! I have some I started from seed. They are my favorite. It is from old navy, but this video is like 4 years old.
@@HowsItGrowing Oh that's funny! I didn't even look at the date ☺️
Great tips👍🏽
this is great for already full plants, what do i do with my already leggy geranium?
Great tips thank you blessings
I had put geraniums in a box 📦 in my basement in winter. They came back. I have 4 pot 🪴 i wasn’t sure how to trim them.
Молодец, очень красиво
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge!
how many can you plant in one container or what's the best distance apart?
Very beautiful..do you ever overwinter any or take cuttings from them?if so can you plz explain how and when?Thank you
I don’t! But I think I might try next year. Thanks for watching!
@@HowsItGrowing Thank you😊
@@HowsItGrowing
Yes, please! How about a video showing how to make cuttings from our favorite geraniums or hydrengeas etc. I've just moved into a lovely house but the big garden is sadly neglected. I'll enjoy working there and planting new flowers but dear Lord, it's sooo expensive!
Did you share how you take care of them?
How much water do they need?
Does the organic soil work better than regular?? I use Miracle-Gro potting soil with fertilizer beads plus Miracle-Gro fertilizer but still have no luck with geraniums
Do you overwinter your geraniums either one pots or hanging in a basement?
Which fertilizer? Thanks,
Hi Laura! Great video! I live in New Jersey, but I don’t know what you mean by “Zone 7A”. (It sounds vaguely creepy, like something out of science fiction!) I googled it, but I remain a bit confused. I live in Montclair, and still don’t know what zone I’m in - or what the zones indicate in terms of gardening…
I lived in the city for 25 years, and was raised outside Boston, so I’m still getting used having to know what County I live in when filling out forms; I’ve never had that come up before either!
At any rate, thanks again for your well-executed and informative video.
For example, something that might live as a perennial in California zone 9, might be an annual here in zone 7. It is a guide to let gardeners know plant hardiness.
@@HowsItGrowing
How to access this guide for plant hardiness? Is it information sponsored by an international association? I live in the counyryside near Paris, France. Th you.
Do you know the name of these geraniums? I'm looking for seeds but don't know the name of these and would like to buy the same ones in seed.
I wish I did. I got these at a garden center. I never see anything like these anymore and I wish I knew the variety.
What did you add from pink bottle
What if there are a couple of dead flowers on the bloom and a few alive, well looking flowers on the bloom?
Totally up to you if you want to snap it. If it has a bunch of new blooms coming in, I’d probably leave it. Very normal to have a couple crusty or dried up blooms on a cluster like that.
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How often do you water a day?
Definitely not even daily. I’ll just feel if it’s starting to dry a bit, then water.
How to prevent caterpillars 🐛 eating your geranium? Thank you
Birds are happy to eat your caterpillars to feed themselves and their babies. They are also fun to watch.
A feeder and birdbath with one of those cheap solar fountains on Amazon work great (they like moving water).
Don't forget them during winter if you can. 😊 🐦
What is the name of your geraniums
What kind of geraniums are those? The leaves look darker than most I’ve seen.
These were by costa farms and just labeled “pink geranium” 😂 From Home Depot. I agree, they are darker than most I see too.
Didn't cover watering(when/how much). That's what I need to know.
It really all depends on climate. I’m in NJ and we have tons of rain here. I’d say they don’t enjoy tons of moisture and leaves will yellow and brown so I only water when we have had extreme dry periods. I’d keep them moist but well drained and not soppy. Can dry a little between watering if they aren’t in blasting afternoon sun, then they will look droopy until they get a drink.
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ORGANIC SOIL FROM A BAG; RIGHT?
Yes I use Espoma organic products.
Beautiful where do you get the planters from for the Windows would love to have some enjoy your videos
Thank you so much! I got them from Kinsman Garden Company online
Subtitulado español?
How to grow Dhalia information
Mine keeps dying
I’m definitely going to try geraniums in my window boxes next year. How many plants per box did you use?
How many hours of direct sunlight should they get? Amd liek should i keep them behind a window or outside in the harsh summer sun
Lots of sunshine. I actually didn’t place them in the window boxes here this year because the tree above now shades them too much.
@@HowsItGrowing yes you are right, when i placed them in my window they are blooming beautifully now, i live in the 4th floor so the sun is really shining the whole day, i guess they seem to like that. Just one concern some of the leaves have some brown ends idk why!
What causes the leaves to turn yellow? Please respond
It is either under or over watered. Yellowing will occur in both situations. If you feel like you give them a lot of water, try less and letting them wait a little longer. And sometimes if they are planted too close together and airflow isn’t getting to them, that can cause lower leaves to yellow. Do you fertilize? I definitely recommend a water soluable fertilizer every couple of weeks.
How’s It Growing? It is a new plant. I think it is the overwatering! It is on my back screened porch! and it gets maybe 4-5 hours of direct sunlight! I haven’t cared for geraniums in a while as I lived in the north and no place to put inside! Will follow up in a couple of weeks . I haven’t fertilized it yet!
Beautiful! I had a question regarding the window boxes. Do the boxes damage your siding at all from the water?
Thanks! Great question! These are on year 2 here and I’ve not noticed any issues at all. I wondered the same initially. These are hung by 2 metal hooks which I did screw into the studs. I lift them and check them from time to time and all looks good so far!
Thank you for the video! Would you please link your pretty watering can?
Your geraniums are such a beautiful pink. I’ve never seen that color at any nurseries here in Louisville Ky. I love them.🙂
Oh my 🙋🏻♀️🤗 I love the new 🎤 your voice sounded so clean. And as always so informative, love those plants, they last a long time. Thanks
Love how those boxwoods are looking in you rose garden tour ! Your garden is very inspiring and well edited! I can tell it’s your passion ! Thanks for sharing☺️
My heart broke when she plucked off the flower buds 😢
If you don’t you sacrifice so many more flowers.
Do you plant new geraniums every year or do you let them go dormant in your basement in a box and then bring them back up?
So the disposal of flowers and buds is the answer to bushy growth . Thank you mine are getting a bit leggy but I will try this .
Definitely the more you groom them they stay more full and compact.
This is just the kind of video i was looking for ! Perfect ! Easy and to the point ! I was trimming the tops of mine and wasn't sure if i was doing it right. Now i know ! Thank you so much ! Your Geraniums are Gorgeous 🥰
Your geraniums are Beautiful !
Thanks for sharing your tips.
I live in Florida. My geranium has lots of blooms right now but not very many leaves. What should I do. Right now it is the middle of April.
Super helpful video!! Thank you!
Do you plant new geraniums every year or do you let them go dormant in your basement in a box and then bring them back up?
I usually plant some new geraniums but I’ve since started overwintering some in my greenhouse. I grow some from seed too.
That was perfect, exactly what I needed to know!!!
Many thanks for sharing, I learned a lot from this, hope your keeping well kind regards
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Question 🙋♀️ exactly what fertilizer?
I use Espoma organic liquid bloom.
You are snapping the healthy parts 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻
Those are called stems. And in this case, you remove the entire stem from the plant when you dead head to encourage new growth. If I snapped one off that wasn’t dead for the sake of demonstrating, I assure you they grew just fine! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you!
I realize this was 4ys ago but I'm having issues now.
Your geraniums are wonderful. I love, love, love your whole area! 1 day our living Father will bless me with a home of my own. I rent but have planted & have flowers in pots but I'm not, or can't do anything permanent. Awesome
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I enjoy your videos thank you so much!🏵🐝
I live in upstate NY. I brought the geraniums home from my parent's grave last November, and nursed them back to health over the winter, in an upstairs window. just four weeks ago (early June) I took them back. Next day I returned. The leaves were pale translucent green, white or brown! Some looked like something caustic had dripped on them. (drip marks) I was devestated. The night had gone down to 38, but none of the other plants in the cemetery seemed affected. Do you think it was going from indoors to outdoors, or did some mean person spray it with Round-up?
Yet again another informative video, That was my biggest problem that you solved. Getting too long and growing outward and downward. Thanks for all the Greatness You Share. Have a Great Year ,,,, here in 2021
I don't love the look of geraniums (leaves), but the flower colors are pretty. I just learned the plant is edible though (leaves + flowers) so I will continue to keep them around as a prepping supplement, if nothing else.
For some reason I can't seem to kill these things and have overwintered 4 plants in my house for 2 years now. I put them out on my balcony when it gets warm.
So it looks like I need to add a case of Caeser and Ranch dressing to my long-haul pantry. Just in case. 😂
These are beautiful! Can you tell me if once the flower dies, but there are still buds just underneath it, so you wait to deadhead until there are no more buds. I hope this question makes sense. Thank you!