General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Full Shade
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Other: flowers have five petals; cut plants back almost all the way to the ground after flowering
Flower Color: Purple
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: temperatures indoors must stay under 15 degrees C
Days to germinate: erratic, can take up to several months
Depth to plant seed: 0.5 cm
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Self-seeding
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Other: Take semi-ripe cuttings during the late summer when growth has slowed and plant stems have become firmer.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Dusky Cranesbill
  • Mourning Widow
  • Geranium

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Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-04-15
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2020-05-01
Location: South Carolina
Date: 2024-04-17
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: May 9, 2008 6:30 AM
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2011-05-18
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-24
Location: Shade garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-05-18
Lovely leaves .Great with Actea Black Neglege
Location: In my garden. Poland.
Photo by flowersrjen
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2016-05-22
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-13
"Geranium phaeum 'Samobor', 2018 photo, hardy geranium, , USDA Ha
Location: My garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens in South Amana, IA
Date: 2012-05-04
Location: In my garden. Poland.

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2016-05-26
"Geranium phaeum 'Samobor', 2016, hardy geranium, jur-AY-nee-um,
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-10

Date: 2012-04-21
Flaowering scape in bloom.
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-06-03
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-08-19
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2010-10-29

Date: 2012-01-30
Location: Hannibal, NY Z6a
Date: 2012-05-23
Geranium Samobor, all from one  plant, just this side of invasive
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-13
"Geranium phaeum 'Samobor', 2018 photo, hardy geranium, , USDA Ha
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: Sep 18, 2011 6:30 PM

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2016-05-26
"Geranium phaeum 'Samobor', 2016, hardy geranium, jur-AY-nee-um,
Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-06
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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-05-21
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Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: Sun Zone 6
Date: 2011-06-07
Location: Sun Zone 6
Date: 2011-05-18
Large upright bushy.Beautiful markings on leaves.I have it paired
Location: Shade garden Pittsford NY
Date: 2011-05-18

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Jun 26, 2012 1:24 PM concerning plant:
    This is a beautiful hardy geranium. It grows in the shade and has unique flowers, burgundy in color held above the leaves with a burgundy accent.
    It self-sows here but is not a nuisance.
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