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Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart'

Also Known As

Bigroot Geranium
Cranesbill
Hardy Geranium

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 10"-12"
W: 15"-18"

planting zones

4a-9b

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Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart' plant details

Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart' is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In spring and summer pink flowers emerge. Features fuzzy texture. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular water. Does well in average and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart'

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: geraniaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 15 IN - 18 IN - wide, 10 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: pink blooms in spring and summer
Uses: border plant, fall color, rock garden, weed suppressing

GROWING CONDITIONS for Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart'

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: regular

Soil needs: average and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This is a very fast growing selection of the species. The large foliage is fragrant and its dark purple flowers are produced in abundance. Full sun to part shade.

By: Sunshine Farm and Gardens

With a distinctive fresh fragrance and stamina galore, this mat-forming perennial yields a natty carpet of long-petioled, thick and broadly lobed pubescent leaves. Plentiful clustered white flowers blush the palest pink in summer, sporting pink calyxes and stamen filaments. Spreading by a hearty underground rootstock, the dense semievergreen foliage manifests bright reds and yellows during autumn and makes a suitable understory for Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Amethyst’.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

Compact, carpeting, useful as weed-suppressing ground cover. Apple scented leaves turn bronze & scarlet in autumn. Semi-evergreen. Drought tolerant when established. Rhizomatous, quick spreader. THIS IS THE TRUE PLANT w/ a *white bloom (not pink) & pink sepals from Dr. Hans Simon.