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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Flowers: Showy
Other: flowers have five petals; cut plants back almost all the way to the ground after flowering
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: 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
  • Hardy Geranium
  • Bloody Cranesbill
  • Geranium

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Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2018-11-08
Foliage starting to turn color.
Location: Southern Maine
Date: July 20, 2018
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2017-06-05
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-15
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2018-08-01
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-08-16
Location: my front yard
Date: 2012-05-05
Geranium Max Frei with Baptisia, iris, peonies and other perennia
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2018-08-15
Some Max Frei have more pronounced white lines from center
Location: North side of corner
Date: 2012-06-19
Bright colored blossoms, long bloomer
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2015-06-10
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-03-21
Location: Willamette Valley Oregon

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2018-08-01
Location: Main Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences in Moscow
Date: June
photo credit: Andrei Korzun
Location: Main Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences in Moscow
Date: June
photo credit: Andrei Korzun
Location: Corner rock garden
Date: 2015-11-02
Nice fall color
Photo by foraygardengirl

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

Date: August
photo credit: Dmitriy Konstantinov
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