Beat me to it Larsi! Lol! I bought the Gain sensitive today since it had multiple discounts on it. Scent is light and nice but HOLY COW the suds. I only used 2oz in a filthy load of dog blankets in the Electrolux and the suds were up to the top of the door. It took 5 rinses and some Downy Free and Clear LFS to break the mess down. Once I got it cleared it out the results were great. I would rate it above Purclean but below original Tide liquid. I will play with it a little but it will probably find a permanent place on the laundry shelf.

Pelargonium can live for several years. I've been using citronella, and I had a rose one for a few years. I have kept a couple in pots for mothers, and in later winter I'll trim them up for cuttings to make a round for planting out in the gardens. They can get quite tall and leggy in the winter if they have low sunlight, and fairly bushy in the summer out in the gardens. They get about 18' wide and about that tall in a good summer. The ones I keep in pots tend to be a tad smaller during the summer. I've pulled them right out of the gardens in the fall and tossed them in a bucket in the enclosed porch and had them survive fine to take cuttings from for next year. Not optimal, but shows how hardy they can be so long as they don't get too cold. Right now I have 6 small ones in an 18" flowerbox pot, and those will do well through the winter and I'll get plenty of cuttings for the gardens next year. These are expensive around here, usually 3-5 bucks each for the smaller ones when they come out at the nurseries. I tend to like to have a couple dozen or so around the gardens in the summer, so I save myself quite a bit by not needing to buy new plants each summer. I pull my potted pelargonium inside when the temps are going to be falling below 50's. Before chill damage can start stunting them down. They coast out in the 40's out in the porch most of the winter, but if it gets too much time below fridge temps out there for some spells I pull the pot inside for a while.

Where are you located...and have you tested your soil? I ask because Betula Nigra (Betula Nigra) do quite fine in zone 6 central Indiana where the soils are usually neutral to slightly alkaline. The soil in my yard tests just slightly alkaline, and I have a 6 year old straight species River Birch growing very well with not a hint of chlorosis. They can get quite large and are often planted in the wrong location...however they are everywhere in my area and grow well. Many cultivars of red maple and oak get chlorosis here...but not the birches. I always read the same things you did...however I feel they are much more tolerant than given credit for.

I would change the wall color to something lighter.