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Greengage
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Joined: 09 Nov 2011
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Location: Kildare
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 Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:32 pm Post subject: Pelargonium and Geranium |
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| Does it bother anyone that garden centres are selling Pelargoniums listed as Geraniums or is it only me. Anyone else get annoyed by this, |
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Anonany
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Joined: 09 May 2011
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Location: Bray, Co Wicklow
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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Ditto. But then any mis-labelling / poor labelling annoys me intensely ... reference books aren't much use when trying to identify (and check growing conditions) for the wrong plant.
I was in Woodies earlier this evening and appalled to see a plant -- costing €13.99 -- labelled as "Flax purple/white". Not in quite the same category as the geranium / pelargonium crime, but still outrageous in this so-called enlightened gardening age.
That was the point at which I gave up all hope and went home ! |
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forest flame
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Location: DUBLIN
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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| poor labelling is annoying but in the case of pelargoniums being called geraniums i can understand as they were always known as geraniums. |
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