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Dusky Cranesbill in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Geranium phaeum

 

Dusky Cranesbill

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. Geranium phaeum is a species Geranium which is found naturally in Europe. It has dark violet coloured flowers which have petals that turn back, thus showing the protruding stamens and style of the flower. A number of cultivars are now available with different coloured flowers. It also has green, deeply lobed leaves, with distinctive purple blotches around the centre.

 
plant Features
  • Dusky Cranesbill likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Dusky Cranesbill likes very little water

    Very little water

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

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Dusky Cranesbill likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Dusky Cranesbill

Latin name

Geranium phaeum

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Geraniaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Dusky Cranesbill likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

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

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Dusky Cranesbill likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Dusky Cranesbill likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Dusky Cranesbill is 0.50meters x 0.60meters 0.50 M 0.60 M

Geranium phaeum

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. Geranium phaeum is a species Geranium which is found naturally in Europe. It has dark violet coloured flowers which have petals that turn back, thus showing the protruding stamens and style of the flower. A number of cultivars are now available with different coloured flowers. It also has green, deeply lobed leaves, with distinctive purple blotches around the 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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