“Won’t you come into the garden? I would like my Geranium to see you.”
A few months ago, a friend gave me a Geranium cutting, just a little piece of stalk with one leaf, which I planted in an egg shell filled with potting soil and kept on the kitchen counter (Tarlton, Gauteng, South Africa). As soon as there were enough roots, I planted her into this Terracotta pot, egg shell and all. Within 2 weeks I had about 8 leaves and another stalk appearing next to the original cutting. She now lives on the patio near my Natal Fig bonsai, and I’m sure I’ve heard them whispering to one another a couple of times! And now every spring she blesses me with a great show of her gorgeous flowers.
It is well known that the whole Geranium genus is highly redolent of volatile oils – lemon-scented, musk-scented, and peppermint-scented. In South Africa folk-lore has it that, if you plant Geraniums in your garden, you will never have any snakes!
Hi Maree … what a beautiful, beautiful painting!!!!!! Gorgeous light … bright happy color … I love geraniums!!!!!! Beautiful job here!!! I know my mom used to do cuttings … but didn’t know about the egg shell … I’ll have to try that!! It always breaks my heart when a beautiful stalk gets knocked off accidentally!!!!!
Oh Lois, thank you very much, so pleased you like it! And isn’t it lucky the stalks come off so easily? Lot’s of ‘instant’ flowers! lol
I would LOVE to come into your garden and see all your beautiful flowers! This is a wonderful painting, my friend! love it!! your artwork always blows me away!!
No ‘flowers’ after the rather harsh winter we’ve had Barb, only lots of greenery! So pleased you like it and thank you for your lovely comment!
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Fantastic perspective Maree!
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Very pleased you like it Lee! Smiling with pleasure! :-)
– Maree Clarkson
lovely fresh work!
Thanks for saying so Micklyn, pleased you like it!
– Maree Clarkson
Maree I love this!
Sjoe, bly jy hou daarvan Pieta, baie dankie!
– Maree Clarkson
Wonderful! Geraniums are probably the #1 patio plant here in America. They’re beautiful & easy to grow….can’t wait to plant some in the Spring.
I brought this one in during the winter, too scared to plant her in the garden because of the frost! glad you like it Marsha!
– Maree Clarkson
This is so beautiful, love geraniums! And to think it was only a small piece of stalk! Well done! (on the painting too, good shadows!)
don’t you just LOVE to rub the leaves between your fingers…? Pleased you like it Liz, and thank you for the fav as well!
– Maree Clarkson
Beautiful,and love your title :))
Pleased you like it Nature! And thanks for the fav also!
– Maree Clarkson
Love that egg shell idea!!
I know, it’s great! Have a look at the idea HERE
– Maree Clarkson
Hi Maree … what a beautiful, beautiful painting!!!!!! Gorgeous light … bright happy color … I love geraniums!!!!!! Beautiful job here!!! I know my mom used to do cuttings … but didn’t know about the egg shell … I’ll have to try that!! It always breaks my heart when a beautiful stalk gets knocked off accidentally!!!!!
Oh Lois, thank you very much, so pleased you like it! And isn’t it lucky the stalks come off so easily? Lot’s of ‘instant’ flowers! lol
– Maree Clarkson
I would LOVE to come into your garden and see all your beautiful flowers! This is a wonderful painting, my friend! love it!! your artwork always blows me away!!
No ‘flowers’ after the rather harsh winter we’ve had Barb, only lots of greenery! So pleased you like it and thank you for your lovely comment!
– Maree Clarkson
A fine piece to add to your collection.
Thanks a lot for that Spade, much appreciated!
– Maree Clarkson