Finally, sunny weather and warm temperatures have arrived ! Perennials have been waiting for this….. and here is one that was a big surprise hit for me.
               Last year (2009), I planted one pathetic, unsalable scraggly hardy geranium on a sunny bank out in Langley. I thought it might die from no water, no anything !   Suddenly, it went beserk and grew into an incredible mound of very double soft pinky/blue flowers that must be three feet tall and three feet across !  What a terrific plant !
              Today I found out its name! it is Geranium pratense ‘Summer Skies’, and we have them to sell. It is always exciting for me to discover something new, and something I like! I can vouch for this plant . It must be really hardy -  my area is quite cold and windy in winter.  I have never had to stake it, trim it or fertilize it.  After a month of flowering madly, it is  just starting to show brown on the flowers and I see myself sheering it back soon…..
       I will keep you posted on what happens to it then !   A one  gallon pot  is $14.99 .

                              Geranium pratense ‘Summer Skies’  in full bloom  in its second year. The fence is atleast 4′ tall !  This plant gets big !