General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 6-9 inches
Plant Spread: trailing habit
Leaves: Other: Silky, hairy, deep-toothed leaves
Flowers: Showy
Other: flowers have five petals; cut plants back almost all the way to the ground after flowering
Flower Color: Blue
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Like other double cvs this is sterile
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.
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

Image
Common names
  • Geranium
  • Wallich Geranium
Also sold as:
  • Buxton's Blue

Photo Gallery
Location: Pennsylvania
Date: 2012-10-05
Geranium wallichianum 'Buxton's Blue' #pollination
Location: Kent, UK
Date: 2019-10-07

photo credit: Huhu Uet

Date: September
Credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

photo credit:  Dominicus Johannes Bergsma

photo credit: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma
This plant is tagged in:
Image

« Add a new plant to the database

» Search the Geraniums Database: by characteristics or by cultivar name

« See the general plant entry for Geraniums (Geranium)

« The Geraniums Database Front Page

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by RootedInDirt and is called "Botanical Gardens"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.