If you want to be a collector and build a Geranium or Regal Pelargonium collection to be proud off then start now for next year.

First Thoughts

• Join the new Pelargonium and Geranium Society formed by the merging of the British Pelargonium and Geranium Society and the British and European Geranium Society on 1st January 2009.
• Bone up on the best British suppliers of Geraniums like Fir Trees,  Gosbrook,  and Fibrex.
• Scrounge cuttings from friends, neighbors and local gardening clubs.
• Now is a good time to watch garden centres selling off old stock (cheaply) that can provide lots of material for cuttings.

Top Types to Try

• Aztec naturally branching with attractive pale green leaves.
• Grand Slam with rosy red florets to varying lavender shades
• Sunrise needing stopping to get abush orange flowers with white throat
• Fringed Aztec Askam or Arnside
• Hazel ….. Cherry or Harmony, Stardust, Herald or Heather