I bought 12 geraniums at Costco yesterday and look forward to getting them potted up today. Sparkling frost on the cars this morning, but we're headed into a beautiful stretch of warm weather. Seattle is spectacular on these sunny spring days. All the big trees around us are greening up and blooming, and they help block the sight of houses and development.
Other than the fact they're common, what bad thing can you say about
plain red geraniums? These will bloom right up until November. We once grew amazing fuchsias and other fussy things, but summers have become so hot and dry hanging baskets are impossible to keep watered.
I still need to plant the tomato and pepper pots we grow on the baking south side of the house. I'll stop at Lone Pine the next time I go to Twisp. They often have a selection of vegetable starts with better quality and price than Home Depot.
Here's a funny quote!
“Long experience has taught me that people who do not like geraniums
have something morally unsound about them. Sooner or later you will find
them out; you will discover that they drink, or steal books, or speak
sharply to cats. Never trust a man or a woman who is not passionately
devoted to geraniums.”
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