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Geranium endressii 'Wargrave's Pink' |
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| Synonym(s) |
Geranium x oxonianum 'Wargrave Pink' |
| Common name |
cranesbill |
| Family |
geraniaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3) |
| Flowers |
pink/purple (late Spring) |
| Size |
18" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
From seed  |
self-seeds in our garden
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Okay, so I'm running out of different ways of describing all the subtly different cranesbill varieties! This cultivar has beautifully veined flowers over slightly glossy foliage, and blooms with the main flush of cranesbills, in late May and early June. According to this page, this is really another oxonianum hybrid, and not an endressii cultivar. Certainly the foliage is very much like our Claridge Druce plants in shape, if not in exact color and luster.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: side garden Read about all the cranesbills in our garden on my geraniums page About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Mary Beth | Apr 29, 2006 | I wonder if that really is a Wargrave's Pink - I don't think they have the stripes. Mine were a lovely blush pink, but the foliage tends to get brown in non-English summer climates and should be cut to basal foliage immediately after flowering. Beautiful plant, but plant with something that can fill in that foliage gap. |
| Bob Mac | Jun 19, 2008 | I agree with Mary Beth. I have Wargrave's pink gernaiums which I bought in the early '90s from Fred McGurty of Norfolk, Connecticut, They are clear pink, and are still thriving. The foliage doesn't turn brown because I planted them mixed with aster 'Alma Potschke' The geraniums grow up as the asters grow, and blossoms open a couple of months before the asters at the top of the aster plants.. I also have some planted in with my hostas. They thrive in half a day's sun, and do not turn brown. |
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April 25, 2005
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