Geraniums. One of the plants I like to refer to as 'The Great Unkillables'. They are a notoriously hardy plant and flower quite forgivingly, almost regardless of how harsh you treat them. Due to this, they were very popular with older ladies and gentlemen who like to go for that english cottage garden look. Remember, while they can survive in bland, sandy soils with little water, they do reflect your care and wont look 100%. At work we grow the pink one at the depot near the rose garden, and the red ones look quite spectacular in Memorial Park. Those ones are growing in some some rich soil (we had to rotary hoe a heap of mushroom compost into it when we planted up, as they decided to fill the beds with yellow sand .... idiots), and get sufficient water in places. When they get too big, just take to them with a pair of secateurs and prune them back. The good thing about geraniums is they are shockingly easy to propagate Just break off a piece of stem, bury part of it in the ground, keep moist (NOT WET!) and it will grow. Doesnt take much and it works about 70% of the time. Gold.
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