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.
A participle is a special verb form that is derived from the infinitive, but is not conjugated. In other words, while conjugations come in paradigms of different forms according to different persons, participles have only one form.