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GERANIUM
Commonly known as Cranesbill
Genus of about 300 species of annuals, perennials and herbaceous, semi-evergreen, and evergreen, sometimes tuberous perennials widely distributed throughout temperate regions.
Pelargoniums, including those with the scented leaves, mainly evergreen, and hailing in the main from South Africa are commonly, and always will be incorrectly known as geraniums. The blazing-red geraniums in clay pots outside a thousand cottages throughout England are pelargoniums but will remain as geraniums and will remain as red.
Long-lived, undemanding geraniums, or cranesbills, can be the mainstay of any garden providing forms for rockeries, ground cover, wild gardens and borders.
Of the dozen or so native species G. pratense, meadow cranesbill with its large, blue flowers is the most well-known. It is found on chalk and in limestone areas of the UK.
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Evergreen5-lobed, light-green basal leaves 5-20cm (2-8in) long.
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Shades of pinkAll shades of pink through to Carmine (red)Silver pink -
Striped, Veined or MulticolouredVeined
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Height30cm (12in) -
Spread60cm (24in)
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HerbaceousEarly in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.Vigorous, free-flowering, clump forming perennial. Broadly funnel-shaped flowers to 4cm (1½in) across in loose clusters
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Very hardyHardy in the severest continental climates including exposed upland locations in the UK. Plant can withstand temperatures < -20 (-4°F) -
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Partial shade
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Additional Features
Good to knowWildlife plant - insects
Pests & DiseasesVine weevil, slugs, snails. Viruses, downy mildew. Powdery mildew in dry conditions.
Place of originGarden origin. -
Garden Location/ConditionsBorderSuits a mixed or herbaceous borderCoastal / windswept
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HardinessFully hardy
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Seasonal InterestAutumnSpringSummer
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Soil ConditionsFertile well drained soil
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Wildlife
Bee friendlyRabbit Resistant
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Buy Varieties of GERANIUM
GERANIUM 'Ann Folkard'
magenta flowers with dark eye and veins
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM 'Brookside'
even larger blue flowers than 'Johnson's Blue'
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM himalayense
(grandiflorum) - violet-blue flowers
GERANIUM 'Johnson's Blue'
bright blue
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety'
soft lilac-pink
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM macrorrhizum 'White-Ness'
white flowers. Rhubarb-scented leaves
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM maderense
biennial with cerise pink flowers borne freely on wiry stems
Free delivery
GERANIUM nodosum
rhizomatous clump-forming perennial with purplish-pink flowers in loose clumps
GERANIUM nodosum 'Silverwood'
pure white flowers, floriferous and tough
GERANIUM x oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink'
clear salmon-pink
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM palmatum
crimson centred purple-pink flowers on flowering stems with purple hairs
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM 'Patricia'
bright pink flowers with black centres
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM phaeum
white centred purple-black, maroon or violet-blue flowers
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM phaeum 'Album'
pure white
Gift-wrapping available
GERANIUM pratense 'Black Beauty'
dark purple foliage which holds its colour well right through the summer especially if grown in full sun. Fully hardy and easy to grow. Masses of lavender flowers
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