Dana's Window
by Sarah Loft
Title
Dana's Window
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Digitally Painted Photograph
Description
I photographed this flower box in the small town of Schierstein, a suburb of Wiesbaden, Germany.
Per Wikipedia: Pelargonium is a genus of flowering plants which includes about 200 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, commonly known as geraniums (in the United States also storksbills). Confusingly, Geranium is the botanical name (and also common name) of a separate genus of related plants often called cranesbills. Both genera belong to the family Geraniaceae. Linnaeus originally included all the species in one genus, Geranium, and they were later separated into two genera by Charles LeHoritier in 1789.
Pelargonium species are evergreen perennials indigenous to temperate and tropical regions of the world, with many species in southern Africa. They are drought and heat tolerant, but can tolerate only minor frosts. Some species are extremely popular garden plants, grown as bedding plants in temperate regions.
The first species of Pelargonium known to be cultivated was P. triste, a native of South Africa. It was probably brought to the Botanical Garden in Leiden before 1600 on ships which stopped at the Cape of Good Hope. In 1631, the English gardener John Tradescant the elder bought seeds from Rene Morin in Paris and introduced the plant to England. By 1724 P. odoratissimum , P. vitifolium, P. inquinans, P. zonale and P. peltatum had been introduced to Europe.
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Featured in the Flower Mania group, October 2016.
Featured in the Global Flowers Photography group, February 2018.
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October 28th, 2016
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