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Perennial · Geraniaceae Draft — unreviewed

Rozanne cranesbill

Geranium‘Gerwat’

Also called hardy geranium.

Sprawling hardy geranium with violet-blue, white-eyed flowers from early summer to frost. Weaves through neighbours and covers ground.

Size over time

Typical landscape size 0.3–0.6 m (1–2 ft) tall and 0.6–1 m (2–3 ft) wide; fast growth, about 2 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.45) from the #1 install size.

00.511.52mPlanting0.3 × 0.3 mYear 30.4 × 0.7 mYear 100.4 × 0.8 mMature0.4 × 0.8 m

Bloom

Violet-blue flowers, Jun–Oct (northern-hemisphere months; timing shifts with region and season).

Bloom calendar: months each plant is in bloom
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Rozanne cranesbill : Jun–Oct

Design notes

  • Trim back by half in midsummer if it gets leggy.
  • Afternoon shade in hot climates.

Regions

Native range: Garden hybrid.

Not recorded as native to any of the three pilot regions.

Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.

Related plants

Plan with Rozanne cranesbill

Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.