Geranium Rozanne - The Best Plant of the Centenary - 1913 - 2013
In 2013 the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) announced its " Plant of the Centenary" - the best plant introduced at the Chelsea Flower Show in the UK in the last hundred years (1913 - 2013). Top horticulturalists helped to nominate the 10-plant shortlist and the public voted and decided that Geranium Rozanne is the best overall plant. Right now, in August, you can see why they chose this plant - it is a sturdy perennial that requires little attention and is covered with beautiful, violet-blue flowers growing atop mounds of deeply cut, green foliage. Geranium Rozanne, Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost' and Blue Annual Salvia at NYBG - photo by Jan Johnsen It flowers in profusion from June to frost. Midsummer heat does not deter the flowers and the plants are spreading but not sprawling. It is mounding and can be planted above rocks and walls to great effect. The blue color of the flowers deepens as the weather gets cooler. T...