Description | Geranium Biokovo (Geranium x cantabrigiense) is a short, medium spreading plant for use in the full sun area of the garden. The flowers are a light pink almost white. Some red colors in the fall. |
---|---|
Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
Sunlight | full to 1/2 day sun |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | One inch white flowers with a tinge of pink. Starts blooming around the second week in June and ends first to second week in July (zone #5) |
Leaves | Crisp apple green foliage through out the summer followed by some red in the fall. The foliage stays nice throughout the entire summer! |
Dimensions | 10" tall, by at least 16" wide |
Maintenance | deadheading |
Propagation | division |
Cultivar Origin | A clone found by Hans Simon near Makarska, in the Biokovo Mountains of southern Dalmata, Yugoslovia |
Misc Facts | The lush green foliage form a tight mat preventing most weeds from pushing through. Voted as Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Growers Association. |
Author's Notes | As of 2013 we have had this Geranium in our patio garden since 1996. Gets 1/2 day of sun (east exposure), a prolific bloomer. As of 2019 still going strong. |