| Description | A large growing hardy Geranium with large blue flowers. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (jer-AY-nee-um |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full to partial sun |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average to moist well drained |
| Flowers | The flowers vary from blue to purple and can reach 2 inches. In hot full sun flowers are more purple. |
| Fruit | distinctive beaked seed capsules, hence the common name of crane’s bill (geranium in Greek means crane) |
| Dimensions | 24-30 inches high and spreads over three feet |
| Maintenance | can get untidy and needs to be cut back, quickly regrows from the center |
| Propagation | division |
| Cultivar Origin | Created by Marco van Noort of Holland. Originated from bees cross pollinating some Geranium wallichianum hybrids. |
| Author's Notes | I have heard this at more than one talk and read this in more than one article that Jolly Bee is probably the same plant as Geranium Rosanne. Recently reading a description from the nursery Geraniaceae.com that "the only ones that can tell the difference are botanists". |
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