This year I chose to have trailing pelargoniums in wall baskets at either side of my front door as usual, as well in plastic hanging baskets, suspended on what was once a bird feeding station, in my back garden. I found other ways to feed wildlife and so I sawed the bird feeding station down to a lower height and now use it for plants.  |
| Trailing pelargoniums 'Sybil Pink' and 'Sybil Blue' |
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The Sybil variety of trailing pelargoniums are delightful and last year I chose Blue Sybil and Pink Sybil because of the way the flowers are formed. The ones in the above image are taken from cuttings of the ones which grew in baskets by the somewhat sheltered front door (below) and which overwintered there. I just tucked some bubble-wrap around their roots and it worked.
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| Trailing pelargoniums 'Sybil Pink' and 'Sybil Blue' |
Truthfully, I have tried to take trailing pelargonium cuttings before without success, even though I was always successful taking non-trailing variety cuttings. I must have done something right this time.
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| Trailing pelargoniums 'Sybil Pink' and 'Sybil Blue' |
The resident Ragdoll cat getting in on the act when I took pelargonium cuttings back in 2013.
