Geranium sanguineum 'Album'

Also Known As

Album Geranium
Bloody Cranesbill

Plant type

perennial, groundcover

size

H: 12"-18"
W: 18"-36"

planting zones

3a-9b

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Geranium sanguineum 'Album' plant details

Geranium sanguineum 'Album' is a broadleaf semi-evergreen perennial groundcover with green foliage. In spring and summer white flowers emerge. Attracts bees and beneficial insects making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Geranium sanguineum 'Album'

Plant type: perennial groundcover
Plant family: geraniaceae
Foliage: semi-evergreen green
Mature size: 18 IN - 36 IN - wide, 12 IN - 18 IN - tall
Flowers: white blooms in spring and summer
Uses: easy-to-grow, edging plant, long-blooming, showy, spreading

GROWING CONDITIONS for Geranium sanguineum 'Album'

USDA Zones: 3a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: deer, heat
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A pure-white version of this highly enjoyable perennial with its mound of deeply-cut foliage and saucer-shaped flowers S-PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

A long-lived reliable perennial forming attractive mounds decorated with white saucer-like blossoms in early summer. Forms 6-8" mounded plants spreading to 12". Deer resistant.

By: Avant Gardens

Pure white flowers against lush green foliage. Plants form a vigorous, long-blooming, spreading mound. Useful at the front of the border where this geranium will weave nicely into its neighbours or as a groundcover.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

A slowly spreading, semi-evergreen, rhizomatous perennial. Pure white, saucer shaped, (3cm), flowers are produced for a long period through spring to early summer and again in autumn. The lax stems clothed in finely dissected dark green leaves will form a dense clump or mix well with other plants, wandering between them. Tough and easy. Cut back hard if looking tired.Excellent! The best white flowered Geranium we have seen to date.

By: Zephs

The pure white version of the East Coast woodland native, clumping, with relatively large, bright green foliage, turning yellow in fall. Blooms in large clusters. For moist to wet soils.

By: Edelweiss Perennials

Somewhat taller than the species, to 18" and spreading to 3', this cultivar also appears to have a more sprawling, open habit. White flowers with pink veins sparkle against dark green foliage over a long period in early summer. Particularly useful massed as a groundcover, 'Album' is reported to be a strong geranium in the warmer parts of Southern California.