Cranesbill Geranium Spessart Geranium Macrorrhizum ‘ Spessart ‘
This hardy perennial grows thick green aromatic foliage from which grow delicate light pink to white saucer-shaped flowers through the summer.
Plant Description
This hardy perennial grows thick green aromatic foliage from which grow delicate light pink to white saucer-shaped flowers through the summer. The leaves turn to a bronze-colour in autumn adding colour to rock gardens, edging or containers.
Light Needs:
Full Sun, Shade, Partial Shade
Watering Needs:
Regular watering
Average Landscape Size:
Growth Height: 20”
Growth Width: 24”
Key Feature:
Pollen and Nectar attracts bees and butterflies, Provides colour in Autumn, Easy Care
Blooms:
Summer
Landscape Uses:
Containers, Edging,
Plant Type
Perennial
Evergreen/Deciduous
Herbaceous
Foliage Colour
Green
Flower Colour
Light pink to white
Blooms
Late Spring and Summer
Average Size
20” high; 24” wide
Growth Rate
Moderate
Instructions:
Grows best in well-drained, moist soil. Deadhead if you don’t want volunteer seedlings next season. Divide rhizomes or tubers March to May.
Water:Regular Watering
Sunlight:Full Sun, Shade, Partial Shade
Special Uses
- Attracts Butterflies
" Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. "
Albert Einstein