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Geranium pratense 'Okey Dokey' and 'Victor Reiter Jr.' |
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| | 'Okey Dokey's full, rich growth by October |
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| | 'Victor Reiter Jr.' seedling in its second year |
| Common name |
cranesbill |
| Family |
geraniaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-9) |
| Flowers |
blue (late spring) |
| Size |
14" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
The purple foliage on these cranesbills nicely offsets their blue flowers. I picked 'Okey Dokey' up at the Hardy Plant Society's spring plant sale one year, and enjoyed it for two full seasons. Unfortunately, it did not return for a third. More recently, I grew a single plant from seed from 'Victor Reiter Jr.'. I'm sure our plant is not as deeply purple as the true cultivar, but it's still cool.
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| | 'Okey Dokey's new growth emerging dark as ever in April |
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| | 'Victor Reiter Jr. tentatively in bloom |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. 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| Chris George | Jun 09, 2010 | I have a purple leaved hardy Geranium that self seeded in my Dad's garden in North Wales. He has several varieties of Geranium in the garden and reckons he may have a 'Sport' as this does not resemble any of his existing varieties but it does resembles aspects of his plants. He gave me a small seedling last Summer and i grew it on in a 3litre pot through last year and into the winter. It came through the harsh winter where i live in Nottinghamshire without a problem and now it is in a 7.5 litre pot and about to flower. I don't know what colour flower it will have yet but the habit is the most interesting thing as it is very upright and sturdy and totally at home in a pot. I wonder whether it is a new variety or whether you may know of a similar plant?
Regards
Chris |
| Margaret | Jul 18, 2010 | I bought my Okey Dokey at a plant sale and it is a lovely shade of purple and it has double in size over the past 2 years. I was wondering if anyone knows whether or not you can split this plant to share with my friends or move in other parts of my garden? |
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