If I were a flower...

If I were a flower, I would be a geranium-hardy and can grow in any soil, as long as it is not waterglogged! A geranium can be annual, biennial or even perennial and comes in all kinds of colours- rose pink, red, blue and white ,vibrant ones may I add!

Just like a geranium, I've become hardy- from a developing country I've moved to Australia 17 years ago, not knowing anyone, alone and yet I survived and now flourishing with my gorgeous family in fabulous Sydney!


I've travelled to many lands before settling in Australia, climbed the Great Wall of China, rode in a helicopter flying over the jungles of Kalimantan as an environment journalist, among many other adventures. Through all these years I've met people from all walks of life and found Australians are the best people in the world! (Now, I'm married to one and is a proud Australian but not without losing my affinity for my birth country.)

A geranium can be propagated all over this wonderful earth through division in autumn or spring or by semi-ripe cuttings in summer. In Australia, whatever's the weather, its attractive foliage is truly at home!


If you're still not convinced, here's a lovely poem from one of this flower's greatest fans, Marcelle L:

Geraniums love walls
They seem to look their best
In front of ancient bricks -
Like painted soldiers, drest
And stiffly on parade.
Each scarlet bloom's a cockade,
On a blade of green.
They make one say:
"Who would ever dream
an old brick wall
could look so gay?"


Cheers for the gorgeous geranium!