| Description | Geranium Biokovo Karmina (Geranium cantabrigiense) is a hardy Geranium with deep rose flowers and green foliage that becomes reddish in the fall. |
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| Pronunciation | (jer-AY-nee-um)(kan-tuh-brij-ee-EN-see) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | sun to part sun |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | raspberry red, early to mid June till early July, held above the foliage |
| Fruit | Has distinctive beaked seed capsules, hence the common name of crane’s bill. Geranium in Greek means crane. |
| Leaves | Leaves are shiny green in summer and reddish in fall.` |
| Dimensions | 10-12 inches tall by 24 inches or greater spread |
| Propagation | easy by division |
| Cultivar Origin | Geranium × cantabrigiense is a sterile hybrid geranium developed in 1974 by Dr. Helen Kiefer of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden in Cambridge, England, by crossing G. macrorrhizum (female parent) and G. dalmaticum (male parent |
| Notes & Reference | #29-Hardy Geraniums (Peter F. Yeo), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #274-Site Authors' observations and growing experiences, |
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