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| "Bell" Ernie Oliver |
Introduced in 2012 by Gosbrook Pelargoniums and
hybridised by Steve Pollard. A dwarf
zonal pelargonium, ‘Bell’ Ernie
Oliver has beautiful deep rose pink flowers above gold leaves that have a
bronze zone, making a very attractive plant.
Why ‘Bell’? Steve named this
plant for Ernie Oliver and as he had been a bell ringer, it was requested that
this be recognised in the name of the plant.
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| "Bell" Ernie Oliver |
After what has seemed like a very long winter, we have at last had
some bright sunny days recently and it is amazing how the plants in the
greenhouses have perked up. I have
removed the bubble wrap and cleaned the glass.
I have not yet put the fleece away yet as we have a change in our
weather forecast for this weekend with frosts predicated. With the warm days and chilly nights I have
had quite a few leaves turning red.
These I have been removing from the plants. As recommended by Ken Abel in his monthly tips
column on
The Pelargonium & Geranium Society website, I do not take these
off the plant all at once; just a few at a time. One thing I don’t do though is take the
entire leaf and stem off – just the leaf, leaving the stem. This is so that any diseases cannot enter the
plant through the wound left from pulling of the leaf stem. The stem very quickly dies in a matter of
days and turns brown and brittle and is very easily pulled off.
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| Zonal leaf turning red |
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