Geranium Tips and Care for Thick, Full Plants 🍃🌸// How's It Growing?

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Today I want to share how I care for my geranium. I absolutely love them, one of my favorites. These have been here since the first week in May, and look as fresh and as beautiful as ever. This method applies to the annual variety of geraniums, not the hardy geraniums that are more of a thick ground cover. I'm enjoying them right now, because they will be fading out pretty soon as the temps drop, and then I will be replacing with some beautiful new evergreen and seasonal touches to carry through winter. Hope you all enjoy this "quick tip" type of video. If you have anything else like this you'd like to see, drop me a comment and let me know. Have a beautiful day!

Oh, and thank you so much to all that lived through poor audio. I have a mic now. Hooray!! Tap, tap. Is this thing on? 😂❤️🎤🎬

About Me:
I'm a small town city gardener in New Jersey, Zone 7a, with a love of English Cottage style gardening, with just a touch of formality. I do this all myself. It brings me so much joy. I edge, plant, mow, fertilize, water, prune, trim hedges, saw tree limbs, install drip irrigation, install low voltage garden lights, maintain the fountains. You name it, I take care of it. Labor of love. ❤️👩🏻‍🌾

[judywhittlesey]

Every time I see geraniums, I remember my neighbor who lived 2 doors down, same side of the street; where we lived when my children were in school. She grew beautiful red geraniums around the mailbox, at the street curb.I planted them around my mailbox, at the street curb. Mine wouldn't grow, just died. So, I planted begonias, they grew beautifully, I was happy but I always admired her geraniums when I walked past her home. On day I was tending my begonias, my neighbor walked over to visit, she said, "I just love YOUR begonias, they won't grow for me, so I planted geraniums, but I sure enjoy yours when I walk by. We had a great conversation, and became close friends. She kept the geraniums for me, and I kept the begonias for her. Thanks for the memories!

[PatsyMellen]

Great tip about snapping the old bloom at the knuckle. Never heard that before. ☺️

[lindascearce]

Thank you. I have been doing mine wrong taking flowers off. I will go out now and do it right

[isabellelaval]

Very easy, very simple...that's just what I needed, plus the great camera angle so I could see EXACTLY where to snap off the fading flower. I was doing it wrong! I also appreciated that it was short and to the point!
Many thanks.

[rscbmr]

I realize this was 4ys ago but I'm having issues now.
Your geraniums are wonderful. I love, love, love your whole area! 1 day our living Father will bless me with a home of my own. I rent but have planted & have flowers in pots but I'm not, or can't do anything permanent. Awesome

[SunshineDawn]

This is just the kind of video i was looking for ! Perfect ! Easy and to the point ! I was trimming the tops of mine and wasn't sure if i was doing it right. Now i know ! Thank you so much ! Your Geraniums are Gorgeous 🥰

[gardeningonthewestforkwith]

Love how those boxwoods are looking in you rose garden tour ! Your garden is very inspiring and well edited! I can tell it’s your passion ! Thanks for sharing☺️

[cindyclelland]

I'm glad you partnered with Garden Answer today. I found your channel because of it. So excited to see your videos.

[Ina-hxzw]

Helpful video and naming your plant zone (7A) very helpful. I’m in MD and received a geranium as a gift and i want to show my appreciation by caring for it. I just went out and plucked the dead looking blooms at the *knuckle*!

[mariar]

Oh my 🙋🏻‍♀️🤗 I love the new 🎤 your voice sounded so clean. And as always so informative, love those plants, they last a long time. Thanks

[sylviagerritsen]

I live in Australia and have several Geraniums. They are a bit like cooking a sponge cake, some people can cook them others can’t. Lucky for me, my Geraniums seem to grow like weeds, my biggest problem is getting them to not grow as compact as they do, but still keep them looking balanced.

[tammykriskie]

Your geraniums are Beautiful !
Thanks for sharing your tips.

[kathrynelkin]

Your geraniums are such a beautiful pink. I’ve never seen that color at any nurseries here in Louisville Ky. I love them.🙂

[SectionSixteen]

Thanks for clearly showing where that "knuckle" is located. I'll go pinch off now with confidence. ❤

[madelinerivera]

They look beautiful. Love that pink, one of my favorite pinks!! thanks for sharing tips on how to keep them blooming.

[deborahochoa]

Thank you for your much-needed advice on these beautiful flowers!
Southern California ☀️

[andrewclancy]

Thankyou so much for a great video, I live on the South Coast of England, I'll try to get my Geraniums to look as beautiful as yours!!!

[lisamurphy]

Beautiful landscaping Hon! Beautiful plants!!

[monharris]

thank you, I just picked up some from the nursery, i was nervous about taking care of them, so thanks

[napa]

Your house looks so pretty with all those beautiful plants. I planted geraniums for the first time in window boxes and the leaves already look like it’s dying they’re turning yellow. I’ll see if I can apply this trick. Thank you !