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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Water Preferences: Mesic
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.
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Meadow Cranesbill
  • Geranium

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Location: West side
Date: 2009-06-24
Location: Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: West side
Date: 2012-05-26
Location: Kent, UK
Date: 2020-06-13
Location: Victoria, BC
Date: 2018-06-05
Location: Victoria, BC
Date: 2019-06-06

Date: 2022-05-22
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2014-06-28
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2013-06-22
 1:13 pm. Makes a good showing in its season. Quite a tall plant.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2013-06-22
1:13 pm. A bit of a surreal quality to these blossoms.
Location: Main Botanical Garden of Academy of Sciences in Moscow
photo credit: Andrei Korzun
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2013-06-22
 1:13 pm. A wild paintbrush on the loose - every blossom is diffe
Location: Schwartz's Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2012-05-08
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-05
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-05
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-05
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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-05
Location: Indiana  zone 5
Date: 2016-05-17
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-06-20
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-06-24
Location: Schwartz's Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2012-05-08
Location: CZ Sirem My garden
Date: 2015-06-24
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Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on May 17, 2016 3:01 PM concerning plant:
    Finally, after three years of trying to winter sow this geranium, I have first bloom.
    Each bloom seems to have a different pattern of light purple streaks and blotches.
    Rather large leaves compared to some other geraniums. 3-4''.
    Survived last winter (zone 5) as seedling in large pot.

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