Thank you everyone for all the great feedback. Kat: So Jolly Bee? Sounds like a neat plant also. I will look it up. My bed is nice and long so I think that will be a good space for this plant to stretch its legs. Cindi: Your bed sounds so pretty. Some great combinations there. I love it. If you would like some help posting photos drop me an email. The recommended place to start is with a free account like at photobucket.com. I'm happy to help if you like. Gardengal: Hmm, I had not thought of that. You smart girl. Maybe I will call the big nursery up in Paradise and ask them to get a flat for me if possible. Our local nursery is nice but they have trouble getting large quantities of anything. Again thanks folks. Kate

I planted nine healthy Rosanne Geraniums in North Georgia this past spring, seven in full sun and two in afternoon shade in North Georgia. They seemed to be doing well until mid summer when we had a very long period of hot weather (from June until now at 90 degrees plus each day and high humidity) at which time the seven in the sun became, as one member said, longer stemmed and rangy, though continuing to bloom from their ends. As summer progressed, the plants looked more and more stressed until they finally died off. The two in shade are still alive but looking more scraggly and tired. The many other plants in the (wood bark mulched) flower plot have survived the summer reasonably well, except for several coreopsis. I did keep the plot watered during dry spells. I am wondering if the heat may have stressed the plants until they died. Can anyone advise as to why the Rosanne Geraniums gave it up - I had read they were heat and drought resistant so am disappointed with this experience. Thanks for your help. Dick in Georgia

People disagree with me for saying this on another forum, but: I grew it last year. It is a very sprawling plant, so the only people I know who liked it are the ones who wanted it to wander through other plants. The few blooms are at the ends of very long prostrate stems. It does bloom all summer, but the hotter it gets, the fewer the blooms. In July and August and Sept, it typically had two or three blooms at a time. It bloomed more when the weather cooled down. I grew it in partial shade, so it might do better in more sun - I don't know. All in all, I thought it was extremely unattractive and I got rid of it.

This will be my third year with Rozanne Geranium. I have three clumps in my protected south facing mostly shaded garden. Each year I cut it back at least once or twice a summer and it still spreads like crazy. I think the fact that my garden is almost fully shaded during the hottest part of the day (11-2) seems it really help. This is one of the lowest maintenance plants I have - I doubt there is anything I can do it kill it.