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We are sold out for 2024 as of June 19. Thank you to all our great customers. Some of you have been enjoying these geraniums for over 10 years, and some were first-time customers this spring. We look forward to growing these amazing plants for you again in 2025. Wishing you all a flowerful summer!
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We have completed updating our website for 2024, so you may now place orders for our amazing Alpine Ivy Geraniums and the popular interspecific hybrid geraniums as well. Once again, there have been a few changes in the greenhouses regarding what varieties we are growing. Mid Cascade Lavender, Bright Red and Appleblossom are no longer available. Without these varieties, we are not able to offer the Mixed Assortment in the Mid Cascade Series. We continue to grow and offer Mixed packs in the Ville de Paris series and the Mini Cascade series. With the loss of Mid Cascade Lavender, we decided to bring back a variety we grew years ago, Balcon Lavender. It has the same flower color as Mid Cascade Lavender, but the growth habit is similar to the Ville de Paris varieties. To those of you who loved Mid Cascade Bright Red we think you will find the deep red color of Mid Cascade Dark Red not just a good substitute, but a better choice, with a slightly more compact habit. Appleblossom will certainly be missed, but we're growing more Mid Cascade White to make up for it. Ville de Paris BiColor has been replaced with Balcon Ice Dance Pink. Both the flower color and the plant habit are identical to BiColor. The final adjustmemt we made for this season was to drop Calliope Medium Pink Flame interspecific geranium. Although it flowers heavily and is overall a great plant, we just didn't have the demand from our customers to warrant continued production.
If you are new to our website, you may have found us by searching for European, Balcony, or Alpine Ivy Geraniums, and we're certainly glad you found us! While we specialize in these prolific and beautiful plants, we also added some of the Calliope hybrid geraniums several years ago, and they have become very popular. These interspecific hybrid varieties are produced by breeding an ivy geranium with a zonal geranium. They are not Alpine Ivy geraniums, so if you want the traditional European trailing ivy geranium, stay with our tried and proven Ville de Paris, Balcon, Mid Cascade, or Minicascade series.
The above photographs have been submitted by our customers from all over the United States. They showcase some of the creative things customers have done with our European Alpine Ivy Geranium plants. Click on the side arrows to scroll through the slideshow!
In response to many customer requests, we will once again have a limited quantity of our geraniums available in a 4.5" pot. We have always grown these for our retail garden center, but tried shipping some several years ago and now have a special box just for shipping these fuller, larger plants. Because they are more developed, you could use about half as many plants in your containers, and have terrific flowering several weeks earlier! Our website is not set up to accept orders for 4.5" pots, so if you're interested, please email or call to place orders for these geraniums. They are usually available about the first week of May.
As always, we love to get feedback from you and are ready to answer any questions you might have. Looking forward to spring sunshine and a great 2024!
From the greenhouses,
Paul and Joyce Larson and the greenhouse crew