Geranium macrorrhizum 'Album'

Also Known As

Album White Bigroot Geranium

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 6"-12"
W: 18"-24"

planting zones

4a-9b

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Geranium macrorrhizum 'Album' plant details

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Album' is a broadleaf semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage. In spring and summer white flowers emerge. Features glossy texture. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Geranium macrorrhizum 'Album'

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: geraniaceae
Foliage: semi-evergreen green
Mature size: 18 IN - 24 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: white blooms in spring and summer
Uses: easy-to-grow, fall color, fragrant foliage

GROWING CONDITIONS for Geranium macrorrhizum 'Album'

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Excellent plant for tough to grow areas such as dry shade with root competition. In late spring, pink and red tinted buds open up to white flowers which rise just above the large lemon scented foliage. Plants are somewhat evergreen...the foliage takes on red tones in autumn, and renews with fresh growth in mid spring. Plants grow 8-12" tall and spread with surface roots.

By: Avant Gardens

The cultivars of G. macrorrhizum are hard to live without once you've been introduced! Fragrant leaves form a low mound that spreads into a dense ground cover with good autumn colour. The flowers of this cultivar are lovely pink in late spring and early summer. The feature that will most endear this plant to you, however, is its tolerance of dry shade, even under evergreens. In these situations it will bloom less and grow shorter but will usually tough it out with minimal water once established.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

A semi-evergreen perennial, forming low mat-like clumps of glossy, deeply lobed, rounded leaves. Throughout the warmer months, particularly in spring, small white saucer shaped flowers, with pink stamens, open from ruby coloured buds, atop short slender stems. Cut back when tired for a burst of fresh growth. Quick growing and very reliable. For any moist, lightly shaded position.