- Eventual Height: 30cm
- Eventual Spread: 60cm
Cranesbill
Geranium himalayense Gravetye
- Position:
full sun or partial shade- Soil:
fertile, well-drained soil- Rate of growth:
average to fast growing- Flowering period:
May to July- Hardiness:
fully hardy
Violet-blue, saucer shaped flowers with red-tinged white centres, up to 7cm across, appear in early summer among distintively veined, fern like, mid green leaves. This exquisite cranesbill has a short flowering season, but if cut back after flowering, produces fresh flowers of leaves that are a feature in themselves. It makes a pretty groundcover plant, even thriving in shade.
- Garden care:
In midsummer rejuvenate plants that are beginning to look jaded, by removing old flowered stems and leaves. Lift and divide large colonies in spring.
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