Geranium Mixed

From beginners to experienced growers, there are few gardeners that can resist the charms of a hardy Geranium! This collection brings together a range of popular varieties that will blooms from late spring onwards, filling your borders with colour and attracting pollinating insects to the garden. These cottage garden classics are perfect for the front of herbaceous borders where they will spread to form billowing clumps. Height and spread: 50cm (20”).

Collection comprises:
• Geranium sanguineum – A spreading Geranium with vivid magenta flowers above finely dissected, dark green foliage. Perfect for filling gaps in borders.
• Geranium sanguineum ‘Album’ – A spreading Geranium with gentle white flowers threaded with pale pink above finely dissected, dark green foliage.
• Geranium himalayense – A versatile cultivar for sun or shade with lobed foliage that forms a pretty backdrop to its purple-blue flowers.
• Geranium phaeum var. phaeum ‘Samobor’ – A charming cultivar that thrives in shade on dry or damp soils.
• Geranium endressii – Bright pink flowers above a mound of lobed foliage that makes superb ground cover.

These plants are lifted from the nursery field when dormant, and sent to you in late autumn or spring for planting. They often look dead on arrival, but they are just resting in the dormant period and will establish quickly for a strong start in the garden come spring. Set out in prepared soil in holes wide enough and deep enough to lay out the roots. Tread down the planting soil to knock out air pockets. Water well to settle. Apply a mulch to protect roots from cold temperatures. If conditions prevent immediate planting, set roughly into loose soil or a pot of compost (‘heeling in’) to protect the roots. The growth points of most bare root perennials should be set about an inch below the soil surface. New growth will appear in spring.