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Geranium phaeum album

Common name: Dusky Cranesbill

Adaptable, enduring groundcover and open-faced, illuminating blooms

-20°C and below
Good for Pollinators

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9cm Pots
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Adaptable, enduring groundcover and open-faced, illuminating blooms Tissue paper flowers with pronounced stamen emerge in May and last through into June, adding reflective light to shady spots, woodland edges and brightening sunny borders or rockeries. Geranium phaem album is incredibly adaptable and its beautifully marked, deeply lobed foliage, with decorous purple blotches, is retained from March to November – offering valuable, weed-suppressing carpets of gap-filling, ground covering interest. The white flowers of Geranium phaeum album lend themselves well to a ‘white garden’ if you are lucky enough to have one. Equally they will mix and mingle with ferns and hostas in the shade, or tulips and pansies in a sunny spot. Reaching a height of 80cm with a spread of 60cm, they will even adapt to a large container for a moveable display. Plant in moist, well-drained soil of any kind which benefits from either sun or shade. A fully hardy, herbaceous perennials which will die back over w
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Key Information
Latin Name Geranium phaeum 'Album'
Common Name Dusky Cranesbill
Hardiness H7 (-20°C and below)
Colour White
Format 9cm Pots
Position Full-Shade, Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Deciduous
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Climbing Yes
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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