
Cranesbill
- Botanical Name
- Geranium himalayense
- Hardiness
- Zones 4 to 8
- Height
- 2 to 18 inches
- Width
- 12 to 15 inches
- Flowers
- Early to Mid Summer: blue, violet, indigo with purple veins
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Geraniums do not like 'wet feet' in winter, provide good drainage to avoid wet soils in winter
- Moderate soil moisture and don't let it dry out
- Divide in spring every four years
- Problems
- Leaf spot, powdery mildew, leaf miners, slugs and snails, four lined plant bug, leaf spot, botrytis
- Varieties
- Gravetye - deep blue, 2" flowers, 12" tall
- Birch Double - double, pale violet flowers, 10" tall
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