General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 40-50 cm
Plant Spread: 50-60 cm
Flowers: Showy
Other: flowers have five petals; cut plants back almost all the way to the ground after flowering
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: temperatures indoors must stay under 10° C for several weeks
Days to germinate: can take up to several months
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
  • Iberian Geranium
  • Geranium
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Geranium ibericum
  • Synonym: Geranium ibericum subsp. jubatum
  • Synonym: Geranium ibericum subsp. ibericum

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Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2012-08-05
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-11
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-07-08

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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