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Geranium pyrenaicum |
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| Common name |
hedgerow cranesbill |
| Family |
geraniaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-10) |
| Flowers |
purple or white (spring-fall) |
| Size |
6" |
| Light |
sun-shade |
| Cultural notes |
drought-tolerant |
From seed  |
Germinate at room temperature
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | late June |
Long-flowering, spreading cranesbill. It makes for a blowsy, somewhat messy mound of leaves and dancing flowers, more a wildflower or cottage look. The flowers (white on the variety we grow, but with dusky pink features) are small but intricate; the leaves have an overall round, tidy shape.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... Read about all the cranesbills and heronsbills in our garden on my geraniums page About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Garima Chouhan | Nov 03, 2008 | please mention geographical distribution of plants and if they are indigenous to some places. |
- Seed for 'Album' from '06 trade. Baggy 65F (~50%G, 4-17d)
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