AUTUMN SOWING OF GEUMS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 81, 17 March 1933, Page 14

AUTUMN SOWING OF GEUMS

Genins n r c a small genus of plants hclongiiig to ili<> Ros-cnc or Hose i'<ler. M"< o ill in ;>ic (•’■icily of ho. ><'Uivul inu i -i ( )til\, but iln- species

knowu as Geum Cocciueum has beei grown iu gardens fur many years I has now given place to the gieatlv im proved variety known as Mrs J. Brad shaw, which bears much larger floweranil these are of a brighter colour that the original species. Last year anothei new variety was introduced to our guldens. I his variety originated in Eno land, and is known as Ladv Strathe den. it bears double yellow flower over a period () f four to five months and conies quite true from seed. Tim variety will probably become even more popular as garden flowers than Mrs Bradshaw. Gelling like a rich soil and an abundance of moisture, and tlmv will repay a little extra attention im thiway. hl other respects their culture is quite simple. They mav be propagated by division of the roofs, or from seed sown in the autumn m boxes oi light rich sod. These plants will bloom the following spring but much better blooms will be prod I •••■ , i,, plants have become veil established in the ground.