Description of Geum 'Lemon Drop'

Geum 'Lemon Drop' is a geum with soft lemon-yellow flowers and a long season if you keep it tidy. It’s not a true marginal, but it works on the damp edge of a bog garden where soil stays moist rather than saturated.

Appearance

It forms a low mound of green leaves and sends up wiry flower stems with semi-double yellow blooms. It usually reaches 30 to 50cm in flower. With deadheading, it can keep producing blooms through late spring and summer.

Care Guide

It likes moisture but it dislikes sitting in stagnant wet. Put it on the higher edge and it will perform better.

• Sun: Sun to part shade.
• Soil: Moist, free-draining soil with organic matter.
• Water: Keep moist. Avoid permanent waterlogging.
• Deadheading: Remove spent flowers to keep stems coming.
• Division: Split clumps every few years in spring or autumn.

If flowering slows, a quick trim back after the first flush usually brings new buds.

Suitability for Bog Garden

This suits bog gardens as a transition plant on the upper edge, where it can bring flower colour without needing a fully wet zone. It works well beside primroses and low sedges.

It also suits raised bog planters where the top layer can be damp but not submerged.

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