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Geraniaceae
Hedgerow crane's-bill
Geranium pyrenaicum
Also known as Hedgerow geranium, Druce's cranesbill, Geranium rotumdifolium var. grandiflorum, Geranium pyrenaicum
Native Plants · Geranium · Cranesbill · Wildflower · Cottage Garden · Perennial · Ground Cover · European Native · Purple Flowers · Low Maintenance
Hedgerow crane's-bill is an easy-going perennial that thrives in sun to partial shade with average, well-drained soil. Water regularly during dry spells but avoid waterlogging, as it is not particularly drought tolerant. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage continued blooming and cut back after flowering to keep the plant tidy.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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