{"id":7661,"date":"2020-05-30T05:22:52","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T05:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=7661"},"modified":"2020-05-30T05:22:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T05:22:52","slug":"plant-a-day-2020-day-149-geranium-patricia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/30\/plant-a-day-2020-day-149-geranium-patricia\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 149) Geranium “Patricia”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hardy geraniums are one of my favorite garden plants. Even the rambunctious ones have their merits, but this sterile hybrid has good manners to go with her fantastic looks. I don\u2019t remember which mail order house this plant came from\u2013it was planted in the spring of 2018 into the memory garden that replaced the hell strip along N 137th Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve read wonderful things about G. psilostemon, which is one of Patricia\u2019s parents, especially from Christopher Lloyd, who used that plant to great effect. I\u2019m happy that I ended up with Patricia instead because I think G. psilostemon would have been too boisterous for this narrow flower bed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n