I am looking for ivy geranium, any color to trade with any seed/plant/cutting listed on My Trade List. Or, I am willing to send sasbee, or to refund your postage. Thank you very much and happy gardening.

Hi I'm looking for ivy leaf geranium nutmeg. If anyone has one please post here or email me. I can trade or send postage. Thanks Brenda

The ivy geraniums available in flats (for groundcover purposes) are of a different (older) type than those available in 4" pots and gallons. The grouncover types are rapid-growing, wide-spreading types. That's why they're used for groundcovers. Although they don't come in the wide range of colors as the familiar hybrids, nor do they have double flowers as do many of the hybrids, they do make quite the color statement when they are mature and in full bloom. I think just as much as the other types. The groundcover types are available in about four colors: white, light pink, hot-pink/almost red and magenta/purple. Sometimes you can buy mixed flats. In the flats, you'll see very few if any flowers. Versus the other types in 4-inch or 1-gallon, which of course have more flowers (they're bigger plants). If you're interested in lots of flowers TODAY, buy the larger plants (and pay more). If you want a better groundcover in the long run, get the flats and be patient. Joe

Hello larrym I live in the Lothian region of Scotland at a height of 1000 feet. This year we have had a few frosts quite mild but bad enough to kill Pellies. In my experience there are two options 1) Put a heater one of your cold frames that will maintain a minimum temperature of +5 degrees Celsius. 2) Take cuttings from your plants in early Autumn, you may wish to spray your plants against fungal diseases and pest infestation. Insert the cuttings without rooting hormone into good quality general purpose compost containing about one third of volume vermiculite, perlite or coarse sand, water and allow to drain. Place the pots on a well lit window sill in a frost free environment. This is the method I use, you should put about 5 cuttings per 5" half pot. NB Do NOT tent, or close up your cuttings. Also take care if using non peat based composts as some of the other materials, coir, bark etc.) retain too much moisture for pelargoniums, if you object to using peat try JI No1 soil based compost.