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.
1 Contracting the tissues or blood vessels; astringent. 2  Tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels; hemostatic.  A styptic drug or substance. Middle English stiptik, from Old French stiptique, from Latin st&ymacron;pticus, from Greek st&umacron;ptikos, from st&umacron;phein, to contract. Related Forms: stypÂ·ticâ²iÂ·ty.