Struggling for Survival

Geranium nodosum 'Saucy Charlie'

Many of the geraniums I brought from my garden at Orchards struggle to survive in our Italian garden.  The shade that we have is very dry, the soil very thin and stony; and in winter with the sun lower in the sky, the frozen ground in the shadiest areas remain so for weeks at a time.  This pretty geranium was named after my daughter Sorcha.  'Saucy Charlie' was the name given to Sorcha by my mother. It is surviving but only just.