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Geranium Dilys

Common name: Cranesbill

Bright pink blooms and a compact habit make this a good choice for your garden.

-20°C and below
Good for Pollinators

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Bare Roots
3 for £15.00
just £5.00 each
5 for £18.00
just £3.60 each
10 for £28.00
just £2.80 each
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Low growing and slightly trailing, Geranium sanguineum 'Dilys' is a much-underused garden treasure. Invaluable for its easy-going, undemanding nature alongside its versatility and beautiful nectar-rich blooms. Effortless to grow in either borders or containers, this is a remarkably floriferous geranium which gives much in return for so little attention. A robust variety which forms a colourful carpet of beautiful, magenta pink, saucer-shaped flowers from June to October. Hardy geraniums create an attractive, weed-suppressing groundcover which is slug and rabbit resistant as well as being drought tolerant. The clumps get larger every year and are readily divided once they outgrow their location, creating more plants to share. Not fussy on soil conditions, plants reach a height of around 45cm, and spreading to 60cm. Geranium sanguineum 'Dilys' prefers to be grown in well-drained soil which benefits from full sun or part shade. As a fully hardy perennial plants will survive even the
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Key Information
Latin Name Geranium Dilys bare root
Common Name Cranesbill
Hardiness H7 (-20°C and below)
Colour Pink
Format Bare Roots
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Deciduous
Height in Maturity (m) 0.45 m
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.60
AGM Yes
Soil Conditions Chalk Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Drought Tolerant Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for Rockeries Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for groundcover Yes

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