Bloody Cranesbill

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Biocultural value

A few hardy summer wild flowers such as knapweed, yarrow and cranesbill still starred the verges and banks ¦ Miss Read - Changes at Fairacre

Location

Robison Herb Garden

Source of plant

Lazy S's Farm Nursery

Description

This hardy geranium cultivar is a compact, clump-forming, perennial which forms a spreading mound of foliage that typically grows to 15" tall and to 24" wide. Features 1" diameter, reddish-purple, 5-petaled flowers in spring to early summer for a period of 6-7 weeks, sometimes with an intermittent but sparse rebloom occurring throughout the summer and early fall. Deeply cut leaves have 5-7 lobed divisions. Foliage turns a somewhat attractive red in autum.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4