Champion Plants
Geranium phaeum
Geranium phaeum
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Geranium phaeum
(Dusky Cranesbill)
Notable for its flowers, Geranium phaeum exhibits upright flower spikes with proud, in a dusky purple coloured flowers with rear facing petals, showing of the flower center on mass from a carpet of attractive, pale green foliage.
The Geraniums in the phaeum species are particularly useful in the garden for a number of reasons, they flower early in the year from April through to may and will then repeat flower later in the summer. G. phaeum is also perfectly happy from full shade through into full sun, making a great addition for any situation. It is also not fussy when it comes to soil type, being really adaptable in a soil as long as it has good drainage, this includes clay, loam, sandy and chalky soils. The flowering heights vary through the varieties but they tend to be around 70cm up to 1m.
- Height: Easily maintained to 70cm
- Spread: Easily maintained to 50cm
- Foliage Colour: Pale Green, turning darker through the season
- Flower Colour: Dusky purple flowers
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Soil Type: Moist, well drained, sandy, loam, chalk
- Position: Full Sun - Full Shade
- Hardiness: Fully Hardy once established, H7 (-15 and below)
- Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Herbaceous Perennial
Hardy
Supplied in either a 9cm pot or 2 Litre pot, please select from the drop down menu when ordering.
Generally, these plants are happy in most conditions apart from very wet and boggy, they will
tolerate full sun through to semi-shade and mainly flower from spring to late summer. Their primary growth habit is low making
them ideal for ground cover and work well at the front of the border.
For vigorous varieties trim back after first flowering to encourage regrowth and a second flowering, once they die back in winter a good mulch will give the plant all it needs to shoot away in the
spring.
