Biokovo Cranesbill

Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'

Biokovo Cranesbill is a low-growing evergreen herbaceous   perennial with long runners.  The aromatic foliage is glossy light green and deeply lobed.  Masses of pink-tinted white flowers with prominent pink anthers bloom on long stems come late spring.  Flowers best in  part shade and moist, well-drained soils.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Can tolerate full sun if soils kept consistently moist, otherwise will experience decline in hot summers.  Lightly sheared back after flowering to revitalize the plant if declined.  Some susceptibility to leaf spots and rusts

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings,  Borders,  Woodland Gardens,  Rock Gardens, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Coneflower,  Blanket Flower,  Blue Fescue

IMAGES: Salicyna, Geranium cantabrigiense Biokovo 2017-05-31 1991b, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2)  Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova,  Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' Bodziszek kantabryjski 2019-05-24 03,  CC BY-SA 4.0, (3)  Salicyna,  Geranium cantabrigiense Biokovo 2017-05-31 1993,  CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) KENPEI,  Geranium x cantabriglense1,  CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.