Niki Hua reads “Sent with a Flower-Pot Begging a Slip of Geranium”

Niki Hua, the rights manager for Ours Poetica, introduces and reads a poem by Christian Milne titled 'Sent with a Flower Pot Begging a Slip of Geranium.' The poem narrates the speaker's request for another geranium slip after the previous one was lost to frost. The speaker reflects on their poor gardening skills and expresses reluctance to trouble the giver again, vowing to stop if the new slip fails.

What is the speaker asking for in the poem?

What does the speaker plan to do if the new slip dies?