| Description | A Geranium sanguieum cultivar with clear light pink flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (jer-AY-nee-um)(san-GWIN-ee-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full to part sun |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | bright clear pink to rose pink with deeper pink tones in the petals |
| Fruit | distinctive beaked seed capsules, hence the common name of crane’s bill (geranium in Greek means crane) |
| Leaves | dark green foliage |
| Dimensions | 12 inches tall by equal or greater spread |
| 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, cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Collected by A T Johnson near Glenluce in Scotland before 1937 |
| Notes & Reference | #231- The Gardeners Guide to Growing Hardy Geraniums (Trevor Bath, Joy Jones) |
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