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Geranium
Family
name:
Geraniaceae
Common
name(s):
Cranesbill
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Geranium sanguineum |
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Geranium x oxonianum |
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Hardiness
zone from 3 To 10
Plant
Spread From approx. 60 To 120 cm
Plant
Height From approx. 30 To 150 cm
Flowering
colors: Blue, Brown, Crimson, Green, Mauve, Pink, Purple, Red, Violet, White
Flowering
season: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Garden
type: Seaside, Dry Garden, Rockery/Bank, Bedding Plant, Woodland, Container,
Small Garden
Position:
Sunny, Semi-Shaded
Propagation
season: Spring, Summer, Autumn
Soil:
Sandy Loam, Medium Loam,
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| A native of
the western Himalayas, this perennial is up to 18 in (45 cm)
high with spreading stems and deeply divided leaves. Its
saucer-shaped flowers, produced in summer, are white or
violet with pink veins. ‘Kashmir Purple’ bears lilac-blue
flowers with red veins.
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Over 300
species of annual, biennial and perennial geraniums, some evergreen, grow all
over the world mainly in cool-temperate regions. The leaves are on long stalks,
broadly circular in outline but usually palmately lobed. They make small, showy
clumps with pink to blue or purple, 5-petalled flowers. Cranesbills, so-called
for the shape of their small, dry fruitlets, are often confused with species of
the genus Pelargonium, which are also commonly known as ‘geraniums’.
Symmetrical flowers are their chief point of distinction from the pelargoniums,
which produce irregularly shaped flowers. With their attractive flowers they
are useful for rock gardens, ground covers and borders. Compact species and
hybrids such as ‘Brookside’ and Geranium goldmanii are also good for
containers.
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Geranium ibericum |
Geranium incanum
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Geranium Clarkei |
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Geranium
Cultivation: Mostly quite frost
hardy, they prefer a sunny situation and damp, well-drained soil. Transplant
during winter. Propagate from cuttings in summer or seed in spring, or by
division in fall (autumn).
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Geranium phaeum |
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Geranium platypetalum |
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