| Description | Dark green foliage combined with the sapphire-blue flowers make this a choice Geranium. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | full to partial sun |
| Moisture | average, tolerates some dryness |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | sapphire-blue with ting of violet, small central white eye, has a long season of bloom |
| Fruit | distinctive beaked seed capsules, hence the common name of crane’s bill (geranium in Greek means crane |
| Leaves | deeply cut green, red orange fall color |
| Dimensions | 18 inches tall by 24 plus inch spread |
| Maintenance | I like to cut back hard after it is done flowering and starts to flop and open up in the center. |
| Propagation | division |
| Cultivar Origin | A cross between Geranium pratense and Geranium clarkei ‘Kashmir Purple’. Originated in Axel Tree Nursery, England (1989). |
| Misc Facts | Has been listed as an improved Geranium Johnsons Blue with a longer blooming season and tends not to flop as much. (it still flops) |
| Author's Notes | I Have often refered to this Geranium as a "thug". It gets large (over 24-30 inches) and after blooming it opens up in the center, flops and looks like a mess. But if you cut it back hard the plant regrows and ay add a few blossoms. |
| Notes & Reference | #231- The Gardeners Guide to Growing Hardy Geraniums (Trevor Bath, Joy Jones) |
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