Erodium chrysantha

Also Known As

Erodium chrysanthum
Golden Storksbill
Stork's Bill
Yellow Storksbill

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 4"-10"
W: 8"-25"

planting zones

4a-9b

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Erodium chrysantha plant details

Erodium chrysantha is a broadleaf evergreen perennial with blue foliage. In spring and summer cream and yellow flowers emerge. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, gritty and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Erodium chrysantha

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: geraniaceae
Foliage: evergreen blue
Mature size: 8 IN - 25 IN - wide, 4 IN - 10 IN - tall
Flowers: cream and yellow blooms in spring and summer
Uses: container plant, fern-like leaves, fragrant, winter interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Erodium chrysantha

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: average, gritty and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A dioecious species, this is a female form, with sulfur yellow flowers with faint reddish veining and purple pistils, males forms, which flower less freely, produce pale yellow to near white unveined flowers with pink anthers, it is a beautiful plant from the stony areas of Greece and quite slow to multiply. ZONE 5

By: Arrowhead Alpines

It's basically a pale yellow flowering Geranium, to which Erodium are closely related. This makes it a very unique plant. Grows in mounds of feathery, silvery green leaves. Likes well drained soil.

By: Edelweiss Perennials

Mound-forming to 12" and spreading to 2' with silver stems and finely cut, fernlike leaves. In spring and summer small sprays of cup-shaped, creamy-yellow flowers add a perfect contrast to the foliage. Use in rock gardens, containers, or mixed borders. Hardy to 10F. Greece.

By: Native Sons

Delicate filagreed silvery green foliage form tidy clumps ton 4-6" high and 8-10" wide. Palest yellow 5 petaled flowers are born in spring and early summer. Prefers excellent drainage and full sun.

By: Avant Gardens

Silvery mounds of evergreen, ferny foliage decorative in their own right. Fragrant, soft yellow, geranium-like flowers from early spring until late summer. Long lived, easy, and adaptable. Loam, sandy or gravelly soils. USDA zones 4-9 (up to 8,000').