I'd never heard of it either. So I googled, and found the website. There's no orange roof on the thing, either. The link is below. I wouldn't mind trying the 32-3-8 or the 35-3-5, if I could get a few bags at a good price. Appears to be heavy on the nitrogen, very low on the phosphorus, both of which I would appreciate. For me, the issue would be price. Here is a link that might be useful: Howard Johnson's Products

Heather, sorry no one answered your post, but I am glad you are seeing new growth. Hardy geraniums are tough plants, but you were right, they don't like bogs. I'm wondering, will your Johnson's blue survive over winter in the whiskey barrel? I have all of my hardy geraniums in the ground, so they can go through the proper winter cold spell dormancy that they need. And just to clarify something, this is probably the most confusing forum of Garden Web. We talk about two very different plants here, geraniums, and pelargoniums. Then to add to that the pleargoniums are commonly called geraniums, a leftover from when old Linnaeus was going about naming plant species. He though the plant pelargonium was the same as geranium, so named it that. Victorians fell in love with the pelargoniums (which were named geraniums,) and just never got the new name into useage when botanists realized the two plants are differents species. Both do belong to the same family though (or is it order? darn, I've forgotten all that high school biology class!!) But, true geraniums, which is what you have, are hardy perennials, native to the US and parts of Europe. Pelargoniums, which are those bright flowers sold as annual potting plants, and also grown for their scents, are native to Africa, are succulents, and do not over-winter outside in colder climates. Those are the ones that get more dead-heading and fussing over. (Usually.) Anyone that wants more information on this, there is also something in the FAQs :-) But both are lovely plants. I have both. Jean

Ah, but is the bed near the lawn and is the lawn heavily fertilized with what lawns are fed with.....high amounts of nitrogen. If this is the case, the nitrogen can leach into the nearby garden beds and will promote much greenery. But in doing so, nitrogen denies the plant to bloom. Nitrogen can cut into the effects of phosphurus....which can influence the plants' ability to bloom. You should spread the lawn fertilizer by hand in the vicinity of garden plants. You might, next spring, to encourage the geranium to bloom, give the base of the plant a handful of superphopshate...do this when the soil is first ready to be worked. A month later, give the area another handful. This might push the envelope for the plant to produce bloom. In any case, do keep the lawn fertilizer away from your garden plants.

Excuse me for getting my left and right mixed up. Sign of old age. Howard, yes that was me. Thanks Windy. If I didn't have everything I do on different EXCEL spreadsheets noting what , who when and so forth I would never know what's going on. Some times having a bad memory helps with book keeping. If you know what I mean. Howard, with all your breeding programs you must have some record keeping? That first picture posted above. Love it, is it one of your cross hybrids? Looks to be a Gasterworthia? Windy, yes I get confused between posts. Knew I posted my Lemon Lime but didn't know where. I'm mark you down in my trading list for the Lemon Lime. BTW, what I love about EXCEL spreadsheets is that I can also put pictures along with comments so it's almost like a story book. Picture of when I first got them. Also got the picture of order we split at Bob Smoley.