1 Give trimmed plants a thorough soaking and a boost with a high-potash fertiliser, such as tomato feed. 2  Geraniums are fairly trouble free although they can be attacked by vine weevil larvae, slugs and snails. 3  Also, in dry conditions, they may suffer from powdery mildew.
The stipula is a scale which forms the future bud, and is situated at the insertions of the leaf. - The thorn, acculeus, is a sharp brittle point, which is so slightly fastened to the plant, as to be taken off without tearing the other parts.
1630s, public notice, from Late Latin programma proclamation, edict, from Greek programma a written public notice, from stem of prographein to write publicly, from pro- forth (see pro-) + graphein to write (see -graphy). General sense of a definite plan or scheme is recorded from 1837.