Geranium x oxonianum ‘Walter’s Gift’
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Geranium x oxonianum ‘Walter’s Gift’ Family: Geraniaceae Common name: cranesbill |
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Description: An herbaceous perennial with a broad, mounding habit. Scalloped-edged shiny green, lobed leaves are flushed with a dark reddish suffusion spreading out from the centre. Small, pale pink flowers with a network of deep magenta veins appear in spring.
Special Notes: A vigorous hybrid; a cross between G.eraniumendressii and Geranium versicolor. Very similar to Geranium x oxonianum ‘Katherine Adele’. Named after the former home of Mary Ramsdale in Essex, England where this seedling was found. Cut back severely after flowering to tidy up; fresh new leaves will appear and perhaps a second flush of blooms. Very easy care. Relatively pest and disease free. Drought tolerant. Deer and rabbit resistant. Propagation by seed.
Posted on December 16, 2012 |
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Geranium x oxonianum ‘Katherine Adele’
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Geranium x oxonianum ‘Katherine Adele’ Common name: cranesbill |
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Description: An herbaceous perennial with a broad, mounding habit. Deeply-lobed, sharply toothed, medium-green leaves are flushed with a maroon-burgundy colour eminating out from the centre. Small white flowers with magenta-pink veins appear in spring through summer.
Special Notes: A vigorous hybrid; cross between Geranium endressii and Geranium versicolor. Cut back severely after flowering to tidy up. Fresh new leaves will appear and perhaps a second flush of blooms. Very easy care. Relatively pest and disease free. Drought tolerant. Deer and rabbit resistant. Propagation by seed.
Posted on December 16, 2012 |
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Geranium ‘Philippe Vapelle’
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Geranium ‘Philippe Vapelle’ |
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Description: An herbaceous perennial with a neat, mounding habit. Rounded, lobed leaves are reminiscent of Geranium renardii – soft, velvety texture with a quilted look in blue-grey-green colour. Bluish-purple, 5-petalled flowers with dark veins appear in mid-spring to early summer. Petals are flushed with rosy-pink and are notched.
Special Notes: A hybrid seedling raided by Ivan Louette of Belgium from crossing Geranium renardii and Geranium platypetalum. The same cross was developed by Alan Bremner which resulted in a plant identical to ‘Philippe Vapelle’. The Bremner hybrid is being distributed by Axeltree Nursery under this name, as permitted under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants. Very easy care; relatively pest and disease free. Drought tolerant. Rabbit resistant but deer may nibble. Propagation by seed; division in spring or autumn.
Updated on March 19, 2022 |
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Geranium renardii
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Geranium renardii Family: Geraniaceae Common name: cranesbill |
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Description: An herbaceous perennial with a neat, mounding habit. Rounded, lobed, soft sage-green leaves have a quilted, velvety texture. Opal-white, 1¼ inch (3.2 cm) flowers have widely spaced wedge-shaped, notched petals. Violet-purple veining on petals. Flowers appear in mid-spring through summer.
Special Notes: Native to southwest Asia and Asia Minor, this alpine geranium is excellent for rockeries, containers or at the front of the border. Leaves have good autumn colour. Very easy care. Relatively pest and disease free. Drought tolerant. Rabbit resistant but deer may nibble. Propagate by seed; division in spring or autumn.
RHS Award of Garden Merit 1993
Updated on March 19, 2022 |
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Geranium cinereum ‘Laurence Flatman’
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Geranium cinereum ‘Laurence Flatman’
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Description: An herbaceous, bordering on evergreen, dwarf-sized perennial with a mounding habit. Small, grey-green leaves have a nicely scalloped edge. Upward facing flowers are 1 – 1¼ inches (2.5 – 3 cm) across in a delightful purple-pink colour with generous deep purple veining emanating from a deep purple central eye. Blooms from mid-spring through late summer.
Special Notes: A sibling seedling of ‘Ballerina’ from a crossing of Geranium cinereum var. cinereum and Geranium cinereum var. subcaulescens introduced by Bloom’s Nurseries of Bressingham, Norfolk in 1979. Difficult to tell ‘Laurence Flatman’ from ‘Ballerina’ unless side-by-side. Flowers look amazingly similar although it is claimed ‘Laurence Flatman’ are slightly larger and deeper coloured. Our observations have concluded the best tell-tale difference is the smaller leaves of ‘Ballerina’. Excellent plant for the rock garden. Very easy care; relatively pest and disease free. Drought tolerant once established. Deer and rabbit resistant. Propagation best by division in spring or autumn as few of the seeds are viable.
Great Plant Pick 2007
Posted on December 16, 2012
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