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Cranesbill Brookside in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Geranium 'Brookside'

 

Cranesbill 'Brookside'

Geraniums are hardy and mainly perennial and are used in a number of garden situations such as ground cover or rockery plants. Geraniums are easily grown and can transform problem places such as dry shade, hot sunny banks or moist shade. 'Brookside' is a spreading hardy geranium with violet blue flowers. Finely cut foliage and large bowl-shaped flowers of a gorgeous clear blue, paler at centre.

 
plant Features
  • Cranesbill Brookside likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Cranesbill Brookside likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Cranesbill Brookside is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Cranesbill Brookside likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Cranesbill 'Brookside'

Latin name

Geranium 'Brookside'

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Geraniaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Cranesbill Brookside likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Cranesbill Brookside is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Cranesbill Brookside likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Cranesbill Brookside likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Cranesbill Brookside is 0.45meters x 0.45meters 0.45 M 0.45 M

Geranium 'Brookside'

Geraniums are hardy and mainly perennial and are used in a number of garden situations such as ground cover or rockery plants. Geraniums are easily grown and can transform problem places such as dry shade, hot sunny banks or moist shade. 'Brookside' is a spreading hardy geranium with violet blue flowers. Finely cut foliage and large bowl-shaped flowers of a gorgeous clear blue, paler at centre.


Flowering Season

From Late Spring TO Mid Autumn

Varieties of geranium typically flower for about three months between late spring and autumn.

 

Planting young plants

From Mid Autumn TO Late Winter

Plant geraniums between mid autumn and late winter in any ordinary, well drained soil, in sun or partial shade.

 

Propagation by division

From Mid Autumn TO Late Winter

Divide the plants between autumn and late winter. and replant immediately.

 
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