If you haven’t heard of or used this perennial in your garden then back up the truck. For amazing performance GEUM ‘Totally Tangerine’ is for you. It produces bright orange tangerine blossoms that make an outstanding impact in the garden. TT is turning out to be the “best of class” in this variety of plants.

Totally Tangerine will perform best in moist well drained soil preferably in a full sun area of the garden, but can also go in an area of part sun. Although there are many varieties, TT is in a class of its own. Dark green fuzzy foliage similar to the foliage on a strawberry plant, it forms a nice compact mounded plant which gets about 14 inches high. When it is in full bloom, the flowers bring this beauty up to 30 inches. Mature width is 18 inches. Once established it is very low maintenance and stays nice and tidy in your flower beds. The blooms will start in spring and continue in abundance thru the fall due to the fact the flowers are sterile (don’t produce seeds). Continuous dead heading of spent blooms will also keep flowers coming.

Beneficial characteristics of the Totally Tangerine are its long bloom time, ability to attract butterflies and it is deer and rabbit resistant. It is a fast grower with very little problems from insects or diseases. Once established it is drought tolerant.

When first planting Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’, incorporate into the soil rich compost such as Bumper crop, along with some peat moss. This will provide a perfect soil foundation for new plants that can retain water and nutrients. To help in drought conditions use Espoma Bio-tone soil conditioner with beneficial mycorrihizae. This will help establish a large healthy root system. Keep them watered well. Follow with a monthly feed of Espoma flower tone and don’t be shy and liquid feed them with Miracle-Gro.

When you plant this, be prepared for a show stopper as this is going to please everyone who enters your garden. ‘Totally Tangerine’ is totally tops in our book.