| Description | Tiny Monster (Geranium sanguineum) has large rosy-pink flowers and darker wine-red veins. Has a sprawling growth habit. |
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| Pronunciation | (jer-AY-nee-um)(san-GWIN-ee-um) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full to part sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | purple violet sterile flowers |
| Fruit | distinctive beaked seed capsules, hence the common name of crane’s bill (geranium in Greek means crane) |
| Leaves | green, turn purplish in the fall |
| Dimensions | 10-12 by 24 inches (HS), sprawling |
| 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 |
| Cultivar Origin | Originated at the famous Countess Helen Von Stein's Nursery in Germany. Possibly a cross between G. sanguineum and G. psilostemon. |
| Misc Facts | Genus name comes from the Greek word geranos meaning crane in reference to the fruit which purportedly resembles the head and beak of a crane. |
| Notes & Reference | #29-Hardy Geraniums (Peter F. Yeo), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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