It’s been raining all morning but it looks as if the sun might make it later after all. Nonetheless, I thought I had better take some pictures of my Tuesday view now (2.30 pm) in case it starts raining again…
The most noticeable change is the green trees in the background and how the Lysimachia and Geraniums in the foreground have grown.
Lysimachia on the left, Geranium in foreground
This lovely Geranium spreads like mad, but I pulled a lot out in early spring to give the other plants some breathing space. The Lysimachia also gets pulled up here at regular intervals to keep it in check!
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Czakor’
These buds should be open by next week. 🙂
I have already got a few of my favourite Geraniums flowering – G. phaeum. Do you have a favourite Geranium sort in your garden too?
If you would like to join me in showing one particular view of your garden on a weekly basis, to follow its progress through the gardening year, please leave a link below!
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Your view is so GREEN Cathy!! No rain here, but we did have some last week. I don’t have a favourite Geranium, I like all of them, but they don’t really grow very well here, I have one that survives called Brazen Huzzy. Here’s the link to my view today: https://myhesperidesgarden.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/tuesday-view-2nd-may-2017/
Thanks for hosting Cathy.
We have had so much rain recently and the garden has loved it – it seems a bit greener every time I go out there!
Things are looking very springy.
Yes, the lawn is very springy too after all this rain and it needs mowing! 😉
Cathy all looks very green and very pretty. The Geraniums are beautiful and if they are a little invasive better, they help to plug empty holes. The Lysimachia with the raindrops is very pretty. All its jadín exudes freshness and tranquility, besides beauty. Have a happy week Greetings from Margarita.
The invasive Lysimachia and Geraniums are only allowed in this part of the garden as it is so dry in summer – usually – which keeps them in check! Last summer was very wet though, so they managed to spread a bit more than usual!
I like all those fresh shades of green announcing the near future flower explosion !My view: http://timpingradina.blogspot.ro/2017/05/the-tuesday-view-2nd-may-2017.html
Oh yes, the glorious month of May has so much promise in it! I am waiting for my Aquilegias to open as the buds have appeared from nowhere over the past few days!
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Echoing everyone in saying your garden is so green and lush – I have found, like Christina, that geraniums don’t do very well up on my top slope. Since I planted them in the bottom of the garden they are much happier. My favourite is ‘Mrs Kendall Clarke’ and also a little dark-leaved no-name that seems to have started seeding about below. But I can only dream of having to pull them out like you do – I do like G. macrorhizzum so much – there are too many to choose! I decided to join your meme because I have a border I’m not happy with and I thought your meme might help me focus a bit. Here is my bit …https://gardendreamingatchatillon.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/tuesday-view-and-an-end-of-month-view-for-april/
My Geranium phaeum loves a very dry spot in full sun and keeps going until it gets really hot in high summer. A couple of years ago I was suddenly able to divide plants to fill gaps and could give some away or just pull them up too. It took about 8 or 9 years to get to that stage though! 🙂
Loving your greens! I have way too many unidentified hardy geraniums here on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula and am forever pulling volunteers. My favorite (sterile!) ones are faithful Johnson’s Blue. I’ve joined your meme as of last Tuesday, but intend to rotate views every few weeks to cover different spots. Thank you, Cathy. Here’s mine: https://gardensatcoppertop.com/2017/05/02/the-tuesday-view-may-2/
I love those blue blue geraniums too I have one very similar which is, I think, ‘Rozanne’. Glad you joined me this week!
I don’t know my Geraniums names, I try and pick them up here and there from friends gardens as I love them for the bees sake and for my sake as they are great ground cover for me as they take the baking sun or survive in shadier spots if I put them there. Amelia
I love them for being so hardy and drought-proof too. They keep the weeds down as well! 😉
I have G. phaeum flowering now, my favourite, if I have to choose one, would be Geranium psilostemon .
I just looked that up – very pretty with a dark centre. I think I like G, phaeum so much because it is such a tough little plant, but with so dainty flowers. 🙂
Things really have grown! I love geraniums – I have at least six species. They are tough, can take sun or shade, have great flowers, scented and textured leaves…what’s not to love?
Some of them, like this one, have rather smelly leaves though! I had one with lemony scented leaves once, but it was not hardy.
Yes, some are pungent. Good bug repellents! 😉
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I would love to find the names of the different geraniums in my gardens. So full of life in your garden view. Things are just emerging where I am but it will move fast! Here’s my Tuesday View http://wp.me/p8z9CU-2g
I have some hardy perennial geraniums in my flower garden. They spread and are deep rooted by the end of the growing season. My Tuesday View. http://wp.me/p8z9CU-2g
Yes, most of my Geraniums spread too, but this one is very ambitious if allowed to be!. Glad you have joined in with the view. 🙂
Hi Cathy! It is indeed the season for green, isn’t it? Your garden looks so tidy! I’ve decided to concentrate on just one garden this year for Tuesdays instead of jumping around from one to the other as I have in the past. Here’s this week’s entry: https://cosmosandcleome.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/tuesdays-views-this-years-pick/
My garden looks tidy? Oh, I must have managed to point the camera in the right direction! 😉 Focussing on just one area really helped me in the past, so hope it helps you focus on this new view too. 🙂
I am so glad to see how you highlight your geraniums, Cathy. Sometimes I think they are underated. They grow so easily in our climate and are often neglected a little, which means they survive the heat but may lose some of their showiness. My mother in law taught me to really love geraniums, and I love the big red blooms, I’m not very good with their names! 😀
You are right Debra. There are so many lovely geraniums available now, I think one for every single position, soil, climate etc! I also grow the annual sort with big flowers (pelargoniums) in pots. In fact almost everyone has them in pots or window boxes here in summer! I am going to the garden centre tomorrow to pick out the display I plan for this year! 🙂
Oh, your spring border is so marvellously green and it loooks as though the recent storm was kind to you. I agree that left unchecked the geranium macrorrhizum can be a bit of thug, but it’s useful and attractive in a mixed border or as a carpet of ground cover. Do you like the smell of their leaves?
Yes, the storm wasn’t as bad as I thought – despite some strong winds the only plants to suffer a bit were the tulips. Oh the smell of those geraniums is rather pungent! Not nice, but somehow so familiar I don’t mind it. I hate the smell of Stinking Herb Robert though!
Your garden is growing so fast now! I have no geraniums; I enjoy lantana similarly for its ability to cover ground, including dry ground, vigorously. And flower freely. Then I hope I won’t have too much difficulty controlling it… 😉 So far just hacking it back at the edges has worked well enough. Climate makes such a difference – lantana would be entirely killed by a cold winter, but it is an invasive in areas that receive more rain! Here it is merely vigorous – I think!
No lantana in the South Border, though 😉 … here is my post: https://www.smallsunnygarden.com/2017/05/02/tuesday-view-changing-the-season/
I am going to a garden centre tomorrow to choose some annual flowers for summer containers and am keeping my fingers crossed there will be a white Lantana! I would even be pleased with a yellow one, but they are nearly always orange here. Will be right over to see your view Amy!
Your garden is looking spectacular. I’ve had no luck with Geraniums (except pelargoniums). Do they die back in summer or remain flowering?
Many of mine keep flowering all summer, but are most proliferous in the early summer. Some wilt if it is very dry, or the leaves may get singed, but most are pretty tough! Some of them have lovely reddish-orange-tinged foliage in autumn too. 🙂
Very green and lush! I do like Hardy Geraniums. I have several species and varieties, but no G. macrorrhizum.
I have several others too, but this one is the one I have to keep my eye on!
I like all geraniums, Cathy – no favourites!
I have never come across one I don’t like either!
Things are looking extremely springy..Very green and rich! I do like Hardy Geraniums…
Me too! 😉
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https://blogsnikita.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/sailing-paper-boats/
may be you could check out mine
Will do.