Keeping your geranium healthy, strong and blooming for a long time is actually not difficult.
With the help of simple care tips, you can keep the plant blooming lushly until late autumn.
Where to grow geraniums
Geraniums have always been a favorite among gardeners who are attracted to the brightly colored flowers with a long flowering period.
Geranium is ideal for planting directly in a flowerbed, for growing in pots, containers, and planters.
Geranium varieties are:
- white, red, pink, purple and even orange.
How to make geranium bloom for a long time
There are a few tricks that will help the plant bloom profusely.
Pinching a plant
Geraniums tend to stretch out quickly and look sparse if left to grow on their own. This is especially true for those plants that grow in pots, containers or hanging baskets.
It is best to start pinching early in the season, using scissors or pruning shears, cutting all shoots on the stems back to 1 cm.
Removing dried flowers
Another way to ensure lush flowering.
As soon as the geranium begins to bloom, it is time to begin removing the faded flowers.
Regular pruning is critical to creating continuous blooms.
Fertilizer and watering
Fertilizers are especially necessary for those plants that grow in pots and containers, where there is a limitation on soil space and availability of nutrients.
Uniform application of nutrients, as well as watering, allows the plant to receive additional energy on a continuous basis, which will ensure lush flowering.
