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Erodium manescavii |
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Common name |
heronsbill |
Family |
geraniaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial |
Flowers |
violet, in summer |
Size |
12" |
Light |
full sun-part shade |
Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil (not too dry) |
From seed |
nick seed, germinate at room temperature detailed seed-starting info below
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Seed ripens | late June |
Well-behaved relative of the hardy geranium (cranesbill), features purple flowers over attractive, finely cut foliage. The intricate markings (little faces) on the flowers are noticeable only up-close. Low-maintenance perennial.
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| We're grateful for any plant that's still flowering in early November |
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| Leaves are quite different from those of their geranium relatives |
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| A new crop of plants, grown from seed mislabeled as E. castellanum, is almost certainly E. manescavii, even though its color is more in the blue spectrum. |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Erodium manescavii
Some particularly helpful links to other websites
Visitors to this page have left the following commentsAdam Rice | Aug 26, 2005 | Rob - thanks for the information. My Auntie was trying to find some information about Erodium manescavii and we quickly found what we needed on your web page |
alma panioty | Jun 30, 2015 | i have lost my manescaul erodium,and have been trying to find seeds.the blue version is also very beautiful.do you know where i can get the seeds alma It's one of the most commonly grown erodiums, so I shouldn't think seed would be hard to come by, although I don't know of any particular source off hand. I may have some seed later this year, depending on how good I am at checking the plants at the right time. |
- Seed from '00 trade. Baggy 70F (70%G, 7-21d). Nicking necessary for some seeds
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (20%G, starting 3d)
- Seed from '02 garden. Baggy 70F (25%G, 9d)
- Seed from '03 garden. Baggy 70F (84%G, starting 16d). Some seeds would not germinate until after nicking, as long as 60d after starting
- Seed from '04 garden. Nicked through outer coat. Baggy 70F (40%G, 8-11d)
- Seed from '09 trade (not nicked). Baggy 70F (63%G, 7-26d)
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