tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post5754598911008313261..comments2024-01-30T03:18:27.988-06:00Comments on Garden of Aaron: Lots of Love in a Mist / Wild Geranium or Weed?Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-43122391628901692652018-05-08T07:26:27.095-05:002018-05-08T07:26:27.095-05:00Thanks for the tip! I'll try to see and feel f...Thanks for the tip! I'll try to see and feel for fuzzy stems before pulling any volunteer geranium type plants! :)Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-30869310412197451642018-05-06T12:01:30.891-05:002018-05-06T12:01:30.891-05:00I do have wild geranium in my house borders and it...I do have wild geranium in my house borders and it has straight up stems with a <br />"fuzz" at the base. Contrast with the sprawl of your faux geranium, look at the base of the stems for the fuzzy. I found some of your kind stuff popping up, too, and I yanked it. <br />bleedingearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560738407408181764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-13305233382098645062015-05-24T07:50:54.740-05:002015-05-24T07:50:54.740-05:00Thanks for the information about the potential med...Thanks for the information about the potential medicinal benefit vs. Hepatitis B. I know that scientists have derived many useful compounds from plants and no doubt there are many plants whose therapeutic benefits have yet to be discovered.<br /><br />Thanks also for the suggestions on how to care for the wild geranium to improve its aesthetic appearance. I'll try your recommendations next Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-50542840475592728832015-05-22T22:23:09.657-05:002015-05-22T22:23:09.657-05:00It is both. Studies show that the Wild Geranium f...It is both. Studies show that the Wild Geranium fights against Hepatitis B. So, preserving the plant is good. However, it will harbor turf flies. So should cut is back during the hot summer months. It will survive the winter, but the flies will eat holes in it and it will not be that desirable. It will begin to flourish once again early spring. So, supply it with iron and you will have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-51046866620902400242013-04-14T10:18:56.995-05:002013-04-14T10:18:56.995-05:00Hi Janet - Happy to know that my tentative seedlin...Hi Janet - Happy to know that my tentative seedling identification seems accurate! I haven't thinned mine out at all yet. I think you could thin some and leave some crowded together to see if it makes any difference once the blooms start appearing (which has not happened yet in my garden). Look forward to seeing photos of your Nigella!Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-20422273977006629292013-04-14T09:32:47.044-05:002013-04-14T09:32:47.044-05:00I sowed a bunch of Nigella, my seedlings look like...I sowed a bunch of Nigella, my seedlings look like yours. I am wondering about thinning them out a bit. We have lots of wild geranium in the garden too.....I just pull it out. Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-77473319218756844132013-03-18T21:33:46.170-05:002013-03-18T21:33:46.170-05:00Thanks Donna. Looks like most everyone thinks I sh...Thanks Donna. Looks like most everyone thinks I should wait until it flowers, so that's what I'll do! I like these surprises myself. I'm still such a novice gardener (just a few yrs experience) that each spring is full of MANY surprises! :) Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-8920617195569416072013-03-18T21:30:40.285-05:002013-03-18T21:30:40.285-05:00It took the nigella that I sowed last year a LONG ...It took the nigella that I sowed last year a LONG time to sprout. I'd pretty much given up on it when I think it *finally* sprouted either in the summer or the fall, I forget which.<br /><br />Clearly, the self-sown seeds have a much better germination rate. Maybe it needs the freeze-thaw cycle of a full winter? (Or I'm misidentifying these seedlings complete, which is another possibilityAaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-42934620335312670442013-03-18T20:43:35.403-05:002013-03-18T20:43:35.403-05:00Your wild geranium is a cutie so keep it. As for a...Your wild geranium is a cutie so keep it. As for all that nigella, ARGH! I scattered some seed in late Feb and nothing, nada, zilch has popped up yet. I'm hoping they just need more time because, let me tell ya, I'm dying for some love in a mist! :o)Casa Mariposahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16647089868277238456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-8155432060677785322013-03-18T18:16:00.408-05:002013-03-18T18:16:00.408-05:00I vote wild geranium too but you will be able to k...I vote wild geranium too but you will be able to know better once it flowers...I love wondering and waiting to see these surpises in the garden.Donna@Gardens Eye Viewhttp://gardenseyeview.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-44797104751653941302013-03-18T11:24:04.866-05:002013-03-18T11:24:04.866-05:00I am relieved to know that people haven't star...I am relieved to know that people haven't started calling our native Geranium maculatum "Carolina Geranium." Whew! I'm glad to know, too, that it's Geranium carolinianum that's considered a weed and not Geranium maculatum. I have Geranium carolinianum around also, and I knew it was a Geranium but didn't know it had a common name. It's really quite pretty if Dottiehttp://www.gardensinthewood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-13349167866629685862013-03-18T08:59:50.488-05:002013-03-18T08:59:50.488-05:00I sure hope not! Now a biting geranium, I would ha...I sure hope not! Now a biting geranium, I would have to pull. LOL.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-48369075040792642792013-03-18T08:59:22.582-05:002013-03-18T08:59:22.582-05:00Hi Dottie, I think Geranium carolinianum (http://d...Hi Dottie, I think Geranium carolinianum (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/55196/) is a different plant than Geranium maculatum (http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2649). <br /><br />The foliage looks much bigger to me on the Geranium maculatum, for one thing. <br /><br />And just because lawn care companies called something a weed, doesn't mean I agree! After all, many of them think thatAaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-67480224596113724072013-03-18T08:50:58.009-05:002013-03-18T08:50:58.009-05:00Thanks for the link, Dottie. I agree that I don...Thanks for the link, Dottie. I agree that I don't have Squirrel Corn -- and if I did, as you say, I think I'd be inclined to think of it as a wildflower.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-91578627097729502202013-03-18T08:50:01.597-05:002013-03-18T08:50:01.597-05:00Thanks for the comment. Since there are only a cou...Thanks for the comment. Since there are only a couple of these weed-or-geraniums, I'll wait and see! Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-55713646909885875122013-03-18T07:49:28.836-05:002013-03-18T07:49:28.836-05:00it is a weed and a plant just depends where it is...it is a weed and a plant just depends where it is growing lol the gardener's perspective is the factor of live or die .Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149177126161617980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-79619889736548166702013-03-18T07:33:28.059-05:002013-03-18T07:33:28.059-05:00Geranium maculatum is not a weed; it is a native w...Geranium maculatum is not a weed; it is a native wildflower, and one of the best. I have never heard it called "Carolina Geranium" before. Is this something new? This reminds me of those who call Gelsemium sempervirens "Carolina Jasmine" instead of what it really is, "Yellow Jessimine", Jasmine and Jessimine are not een in the same family; one is in the Jasminum Dottiehttp://www.gardensinthewood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-48097583438909420152013-03-18T07:16:37.009-05:002013-03-18T07:16:37.009-05:00Dicentra Canadensis is not a weed, and what you ha...Dicentra Canadensis is not a weed, and what you have is not it. Read this blog by Dr. Tom Barnes about this beautiful wildflower: <br />http://kentuckynativeplantandwildlife.blogspot.com/2013/03/plant-of-week-squirrel-corn-dicentra.html <br />Dottiehttp://www.gardensinthewood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-62438268702355884542013-03-18T07:08:23.938-05:002013-03-18T07:08:23.938-05:00I vote wild geranium, but I would wait and see a b...I vote wild geranium, but I would wait and see a bloom before I decided to eliminate it. There are lots of "weeds" in the geranium family that appear in my garden from time to time, but this looks more civilized to me. Give it a chance; it won't bite you.Dottiehttp://www.gardensinthewood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-50286935149432073222013-03-17T19:50:54.110-05:002013-03-17T19:50:54.110-05:00It is possible it is a weed or the wild geranium. ...It is possible it is a weed or the wild geranium. I do love the flowers of wild geranium. I think it is hard to tell at this stage. Many of my weeds look similar.The Sage Butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06252906325012065829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-13275755190951206022013-03-17T17:51:07.268-05:002013-03-17T17:51:07.268-05:00Thanks for the comment! I hope you're right. I...Thanks for the comment! I hope you're right. It does look a bit like the Carolina Geranium photos I've seen online. (And Carolina Geranium is typically called a weed too, even though folks - including me - pay good money for other geraniums!)<br /><br />http://commodities.caes.uga.edu/turfgrass/georgiaturf/WeedMngt/grsweedpages/Gerca.html<br /><br />http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-57030914903507895352013-03-17T17:48:55.107-05:002013-03-17T17:48:55.107-05:00Thanks for your comment, Laurrie.
I'll thin o...Thanks for your comment, Laurrie.<br /><br />I'll thin one of the thicker patches and see if I find any 'corn' at the roots. But I have a feeling this is love-in-a-mist. (The Dicentra leaves and leaflets seem to be a bit thicker than what I've got, if Internet photos are to be believed.)<br /><br />Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07402416428574401646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-8806086019537849472013-03-17T14:15:56.387-05:002013-03-17T14:15:56.387-05:00I'm not sure about the Love in a Mist, but the...I'm not sure about the Love in a Mist, but the bottom one looks like Wild Geranium to me. We have it growing wild in our woods. I enjoy it in the right spot. The purple flowers are so pretty.Beth at PlantPostingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473637655960119672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-617603620841382713.post-16536104021901144252013-03-17T13:06:25.802-05:002013-03-17T13:06:25.802-05:00Google Image "squirrel corn" or "Di...Google Image "squirrel corn" or "Dicentra canadensis" and see if your plant looks like that. It's a weed, but a kind of pretty one. Squirrels and chipmunks love to transplant the tubers so if that's what you have, you'll see this plant come up in all kinds of odd places. <br /><br />You might pull up part and see if there are yellow tubers clustered on the roots Laurriehttp://laurries.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com