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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Flowers: Showy
Other: flowers have five petals; cut plants back almost all the way to the ground after flowering
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Self-seeding
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Other: Take semi-ripe cuttings during the late summer when growth has slowed and plant stems have become firmer.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Dusky Cranesbill
  • Mourning Widow
  • Geranium

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Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear England UK 
Date: 2023-05-11
Geranium phaeum Margaret Wilson
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear England UK 
Date: 2023-05-31
Geranium phaeum Margaret Wilson
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear England UK 
Date: 2023-05-31
Geranium phaeum Margaret Wilson
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2023-08-24
Yes - the entire plant after all these years!  Nice leaves though
Location: Harrogate Flower Show, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-09-15
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-06-16

Date: 2017-05-26
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-06-16
backside of bloom
Location: Stillingfleet Lodge garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-13
In the plant sales area
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: May 7, 2010 6:36 PM
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: Feb 18, 2012
Photo taken at Al's Garden Center, Woodburn, Oregon

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: May 7, 2010 6:36 PM
Comments:
  • Posted by bonitin (Ghent, Belgium - Zone 8a) on Sep 28, 2011 3:10 AM concerning plant:
    I have had no luck with this Geranium! I bought it as a very young plant quite expensive in a plant fair, I pampered it, giving it the best soil and ideal light conditions. Despite that it grew very slowly the first year, hardly any new leaves were made, it gave about 3 flowers... This year it didn't return! :(

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