Initially, this plant was grown on plots because of its aroma and useful properties . And then the masters of breeding gradually made the decorative qualities of perennial attractive for a wider range of summer residents. Currently, it is not a problem to choose the right option for your site among geranium garden varieties, because the variety of species and shades can not be called scant.
Types of geranium garden
In order to make it easier to determine the choice, we will divide all existing varieties by types and we will stop on the description of each of them. So, what you will find in the catalogs of garden companies:
- If you want to get beautiful thickets of green with bright flowers, you should pay attention to the Balkan geranium. This species is also called large-crowned. The name is not without reason, because it is in the growth rate and the length of the rhizome that the main difference of this species is. It is due to the fact that the rhizome grows quite quickly, you will get abundant thickets. Typically, this species is chosen to decorate the site in front of tall bushes and trees. The second feature of the Balkan geranium is a small foliage of foliage and aromas that it spreads on a hot day. As for the choice of the variety of garden perennial geraniums, here the difference will be in the shade of flowers and foliage. "Spessagt" refers to evergreen varieties, in which the leaves hibernate, the flowers are tender pink, almost white, color. Beautiful striped pattern on sheets of Variegata. Bright red with a purplish shade of flowers in the variety "Czakor".
- One of the species of dwarf garden geranium is Himalayan . The bush is quite small, but the flowers are large and densely packed. Blossom and dissolve pleasant aromas this species will be all summer. This is the ideal solution for curb and rockeries. Lush stuffed inflorescences in the variety "Plenum", and a beautiful blue hue near the inflorescences of "Gravety". Almost all varieties of this species have a bluish-violet hue, there are red veins.
- Perfectly adapt on your site a blood-red garden perennial geranium . The distinction of this species in a more fleshy rhizome, leaves it hibernating, and with the advent of autumn the bush becomes a beautiful saturated red color. Rusty will be equally good, both in the penumbra and on the solar patches. The second difference is the persistent decorative appearance. Some varieties also change the shade of flowers. For example, "Album" with the advent of autumn changes the color of the inflorescences from white to yellow. Pink inflorescences in the varieties "Nana" and "Prostratum".
- If you are looking for varieties of perennial garden geraniums with maximum abundant flowering and beautiful juicy shades of blue-lilac color, look for varieties of forest geranium species among the varieties. The bush will begin to blossom approximately in May, with several flowers on each peduncle. In a word, it is a bush with a bright abundant flowering, preserving its shape. The most intense dark shade of flowers in the variety "Birch Lilac", quite delicate blue hues in the "Mayflower", and almost white bloom will be at the shrub "Album".
- Meadow perennial garden geranium already by the name of the species suggests that the varieties are blooming violet-blue. It blooms only from June for about a month. Very beautiful semi-double flowering in the variety "Flore Pleno", the variety "Splish Splash" can boast a bright blue bloom.
- And finally, the ashyard geranium blooms with violet-pink inflorescences, the bush itself is low and the leaflets are round in shape. The leaves are greyish-green, the flowering period begins in July. The native land of this species is the Caucasus, therefore it will adapt to your site quite quickly. Of the varieties worth paying attention to the "Ballerina".