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The best known Geranium wallichianum is probably 'Buxton's Variety', who's flowers bear quite a resemblance to those of G. 'Jolly Bee', their distinguishing feature being a large blue-white eye.    

A pink mutation of G. 'Buxton's Variety' was discovered in 2000 and now available as G. 'Pink Buxton'
 
 
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Geranium 'Jolly Bee'
03-12-2003 16:59 Geranium 'Jolly Bee' was created by the van Noort bees, with a little help from Marco.
By Miriam Young   

A product of Marco's hybridising garden, Geranium 'Jolly Bee' is the result of growing some wallichianum hybrids together and letting the resident honey bees do their thing.

The plant selected from the various seedlings to become G. 'Jolly Bee', was chosen for its huge, distinctive flowers, long blooming period and large, mounding habit.

Geranium 'Jolly Bee' is a large plant with a mounding habit

The wallichianum species of Geranium is typified by it's prostrate habit, so the fact that 'Jolly Bee' forms a large mounding plant means that another species has also been crossed in somewhere. But the bees aren't telling, so we'll have to classify G. 'Jolly Bee' simply as a hybrid.

Buckfast bees at the van Noort nursery take a lot of the credit for Geranium 'Jolly Bee'

In this case, the bees not only created the new plant but were also crazy for the product of their activity, and were observed in large numbers happily congregating around it. It was one of the easiest plant naming decisions ever made.

 
The Breeder
Marco van Noort
By Miriam Young
The breeder of Geranium 'Jolly Bee' is a man with a great enthusiasm for everything he does. Including collecting hats.
The Story Behind the Plant
Geranium 'Jolly Bee'
By Miriam Young
Geranium 'Jolly Bee' was created by the van Noort bees, with a little help from Marco.
Growing Tips
All you need to know
By Arie Blom
Whether you've got green fingers or growing pains, Arie Blom tells us how we can get the best from our Jolly Bees!
In the Garden
Jolly Bee around the world
By You!
Pictures and comments from readers who've grown Jolly Bee themselves. How is yours looking?
Forum
General discussion for Geranium 'Jolly Bee'
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