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Purple Cranesbill in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Geranium x magnificum syn. Geranium magnificum

 

Purple 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. G. x magnificum is a clump-forming perennial to 70cm tall, with lobed, hairy green leaves and dark-veined, rich violet flowers 4-5cm wide, in early summer; very prolific, but a short flowering season

 
plant Features
  • Purple Cranesbill likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Purple Cranesbill likes very little water

    Very little water

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

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Purple Cranesbill likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Purple Cranesbill

Latin name

Geranium x magnificum syn. Geranium magnificum

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Geraniaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Purple Cranesbill likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

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

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Purple Cranesbill likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Purple 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 Purple Cranesbill is 0.70meters x 0.70meters 0.70 M 0.70 M

Geranium x magnificum syn. Geranium magnificum

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. G. x magnificum is a clump-forming perennial to 70cm tall, with lobed, hairy green leaves and dark-veined, rich violet flowers 4-5cm wide, in early summer; very prolific, but a short flowering season


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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