geranium Archives - Lizzie Harper

Geranium Variegated Leaf Step by Step

Posted on 16th November 202310th May 2024 in Botanical Illustration step by step, Patterns in nature

Geranium Variegated leaf step by step I love geraniums, and am especially fond of the variegated leaves some types have with their circles of cream, green, and red. I think a geranium like this one is my favourite house plants which shows leaf variegation. Ninety percent of all wild geraniums come from South Africa, and […] Read more

Geraniums, Crane’s-bills and Stork’s-bills

Posted on 6th May 2022 in Botany: Telling species apart

Geraniums, Crane’s-bills and Stork’s-bills is a guest blog from the wonderful Stewart Roberts, a local naturalist who shares his knowledge of nature and Welsh folklore on his wonderful Facebook page, where his illustrates his posts with his excellent wildlife photos. Potted Geranium from the garden centre The Geranium family Hardy Geraniums and the half-hardy pot plants Pelargoniums […] Read more

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Botanical Illustration: Late flowering plants

Posted on 6th December 201326th November 2018 in Showcase of themed natural history illustrations

Winter closes in, and many of the plants I need to illustrate for The Cultivated Forager (follow up to The Hedgerow Handbook, also by Adele Nozedar) are no longer much use as they are bearing neither flowers nor berries. Flowers which are still in bloom However, I was surprised to notice various plants which are most definitely in flower, […] Read more