Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
November is no time for reticence or squeamishness, at least, not when it comes to pelargoniums. They should all be inside or under cover by now (I declare this in spite of several of mine malingering still outside the kitchen door) – it might be freakishly mild just now, but it only takes one sudden frost to reduce your favourite pellie to a blackened carcass. Getting them in is only the first step – what comes next is cutting back and defoliation. Don’t think about it (in the photo, I’m thinking about it – can you tell?). Chop chop. You can use some of the material for insurance cuttings. In no time at all fresh leaves will sprout from a framework far better suited to overwintering indoors than the blousey summer-grown affairs you brought inside earlier. Treat ’em mean, keep ’em keen – they’ll thank you for it.
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Hello! I’m Andrew, gardener, blogger, podcaster, and owner of a too-loud laugh, and I’m so pleased you’ve found your way to Gardens, weeds & words. You can read a more in-depth profile of me on the About page, or by clicking the image above.
