Comments on: Shimmery Blue Geranium

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Fri, 21 May 2010 01:51:04 +0000

Mary, the Johnson’s Blue geranium is supposed to be safe from deer, unless of course they get really hungry. However I haven’t tested this myself, as I don’t have deer around.

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 20 May 2010 23:20:06 +0000

Just bought a Johnson’s Blue are they deer proof or are they a deer’s best friend

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:53:26 +0000

Jem, I haven’t known them to get out of hand like that. Can you dig them up and transplant them to another garden spot? I don’t think that they would survive regular mowing, if they are geraniums.

By: Jem

Jem — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:30:54 +0000

we have just moved to a garden that is overgrown with these really beautiful geraniums, they are coming up in the grass, all over the grass not just in one place, they have decided to seed themselves everywhere, I think they are really lovely, but, I need to control them, any ideas ? many thanks

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:13:23 +0000

Sherry, I see the ‘Johnson’s Blue’ geranium for sale at most nurseries in Edmonton. Although they might not have it left now in October. I just got a ‘Rozanne’ geranium, which is similar, but with a larger white eye, and supposedly more upright stature. The Rozanne might be borderline hardy.

By: Sherry

Sherry — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:20:43 +0000

I love geranium’s as well and tried a different one this year called the Pillar Geranium, it is a climber and did very well in zone 3……..i am going to try to winter it………. look forward to planting the Shimmery Blue, if it is available here in Central Alberta!

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:18:48 +0000

Barbara, I’ve been searching for some Jolly Bee or Rozanne, as well as some other geraniums, but they don’t seem to be the type of perennial that is left over at the end of the season.
Do you find that G. sanguineum and G. macrorryzum have a higher shade tolerance than other geraniums? I will have to look up pictures of ‘Gravetye’.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:16:45 +0000

I love geraniums very much and I have several sorts in my garden too. Johnson’s Blue was one of my first ones and Joly Bee (I think it is identical with Rozanne) has been planted this Spring and is doing quite well. I never lost a geranium due to winter coldness (we sometimes have -18°C too). Johnson’s Blue is planted in a sunny border, as most of my geraniums. There are some sorts of G. sanguineum and G. macrorryzum in the shady garden. A wonderful plant with a beautiful blue is geranium himalyense “Gravetye”.

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:13:32 +0000

Green Space, thanks for the followup information.

By: Green Space

Green Space — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:54:09 +0000

Blue Sunrise seems very hardy and has survived the last three winters including a few days of snow. The container is a half- barrel so quite big.