| Description | A mounding plant with deep magenta (red purple) flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (jer-AY-nee-um)(san-GWIN-ee-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average, draught will cause deterioration of the foliage |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained |
| Flowers | deep magenta or red purple depending on the eyes of the beholder, five petaled |
| Fruit | distinctive beaked seed capsules, hence the common name of crane’s bill (geranium in Greek means crane) |
| Leaves | deeply cut leaves, usually three lobed, may have red fall color. |
| Dimensions | 12 inches tall by 18 inches spread, mounding |
| Maintenance | I have found with most G. sanguineum cultivars in good growing conditions some dead heading and some cutting back is all that is needed. In conditions where the plants are stressed the foliage will become tattered and hard cutting back may be needed to shape the plant promote new foliage growth. Some reseeding may occur |
| Propagation | division, |
| Notes & Reference | #231- The Gardeners Guide to Growing Hardy Geraniums (Trevor Bath, Joy Jones) |
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