Geranium????

does anybody know anything about them????


how long does it take them to bloom again if you pluck it off the stem?


what colors are there?


are their stems thick enough to be cut off and attached to another plant?


please, don't say google/dogpile/yahoo.... etc. it


thank you

Geranium????
At 75 degrees, a cutting type geranium bloom will go from tight bud stage to full bloom in about 28 days, from just showing color to full bloom in about 18 days.


a geranium bloom will last as a cut flower for about 3-4 days


they can be dried and last a lot longer but it is tricky


from the time you see a bud at the size of a marble to a bloom with color is about a month


the time it takes to get from bud to color is dependent on the temperature range the geranium is growing in


there are many types that set fewer buds in high temperatures and some that won't grow at temperatures above about 90 degrees.





not sure what you mean by 'cut off and attached to another plant'---do you mean can you graft one?


well it is possible to graft just about anything


but not a bloom stalk, thats the wrong type of growth.





colors-


geraniums come in just about every color you can imagine except true yellow, aqua, blue and black.





I personally have grown all shades of red, pink, and orange, lavender, white, salmon, bi-color, blooms with black accents,





I grew them commercially before there were copywrited plants so I could bore you for days on the subject and feel like I was being very interesting if you'd like.





I know about the time from bud to bloom because I had to be able to have them ready at certain times in exact quantities.
Reply:From experience in a garden shop they are almost always red but can have some variation of pink in them. After the head is pulled from the stem it can take around a week for a new head to grow back. The Geranium stems are also quite thick so putting them in a bouquet or some type of floral arrangement would be quite easy to do. (Also make sure that you grow them in the sun but they need lots of water too).
Reply:This site has nothing but geraniums,


Their most expensive is $4 plant comes live in 2 1/2 inch pots


and you get them in two days.





http://www.killdeerfarms.com/
Reply:Go here for basic growing and cultural information on geraniums:





http://www.backyardgarden.info/geraniums...