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Mar 19, 2023 7:45 PM CST
Name: Cal McGaugh
Escondido, California (Zone 10b)
Thanks Nancy & Gigi, and all who left thumbs! Smiling

Sorry I wasn't here earlier, as I always like to
show more pics of the plant in the banner. Rolling my eyes.

re: Geranium maderense... What a great plant!

It never fails to put on a huge bouquet of blooms. Very easy to grow, no disease or pests, self-seeds, bees love it.

Thousands of little hairs with a drop of sap on each that sparkle when backlit by the sun.

Lush green fern-like foliage. Amazing.

Ever since I planted one (seeds?) ~10yrs ago, they've re-seeded,
e.g. have at least 10 this year.
I'm surprised we don't get a lawn of them (in the lawn), as the
bouquet has a few hundred blooms on each plant.

But they always manage to come up in just the right spot,
though did have to transplant 2 babies a month ago that came up in the lawn.

They start out very spindly, but eventually have a stalk up to 2" in diameter!

Hope you will try them if you haven't already. Thumbs up

Here are a few slideshows from previous years.

2021 https://cal3d.com/NGA2021/Gmad...

2020 https://cal3d.com/NGA2020/gera...

2018 https://cal3d.com/NGA2018/gera...
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