'Richard Key' is a golden leaved pelargonium with a distinctive dark bronze zoned leaf. The flowers are mauve, full, and complement the foliage very well. This variety sprawls, and is likely best planted where it can cascade. Keeping a specimen well shaped will be going against it's nature of growth.
Well the heat and humidity has hit southern Ontario. We have not had much rain for quite a while now, and the expected downpour last night did not add up to much. Everyone is letting their lawns go dormant, including myself. I have not done this before and may regret doing so, but seeing as it has been so dry, and there is more than enough watering to be done with the collections and gardens, something has to give. My fear is that the weeds will overtake the grass even more than they have already. The worst always seems to be the grass in the boulevard...the strip between the sidewalk and the road. What a dried up mess! I should plant a massive amount of geraniums in there next year...I bet they would do better. As always, the Mrs Quilter plants that went into the garden beds look awesome. If you haven't tried sacrificing extras into the garden beds before, I highly suggest it. As good as our fertilizers are, plants seem to find the cure-all trace elements in the garden soil and grow exceptionally well. Just goes to show that we have a lot to learn yet about plant physiology.
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