From a compact root, flings out long flowering stems, which will scramble into adjacent shrubs, with black-eyed, magenta saucers. Golden leaves ageing to lime green. 1.5m across, 30cm high. Sun or light shade. May/June into autumn.
AGM A mound of large pale blue flowers veined crimson. 45cm. Flowering June-August onwards. Reasonable soil in open or sunny position. Unique colour for a long flowering plant.
AGM This brilliant hybrid from Cambridge Botanic Garden has intense blue flowers with white centres from May to July and September onwards. Open position in average soil. 60cm x 90cm. Named after a street in Cambridge.
Alan Bremner's attractive hybrid has textured leaves resembling G. renardii, but larger. Dainty lilac-pink flowers in summer. Reasonable soil in a cool position. 45cm.
A relatively recent introduction from Australia. Low growing clumps of divided foliage and plentiful mid-blue flowers in early summer. An improvement on ‘Johnson’s Blue’. Average soil in sun. 30cm. (9cm pots)
The true plant, makes a mound of sky-blue flowers May to July. Some repeat later. Tolerates dry sunny position when established, or light shade. Cut down after flowering. 60cm.
Beautiful large silky pink flowers veined crimson and dark at the centre, are borne on a mound of elegant marbled leaves from June to autumn. For a well drained soil in sun. 30cm.
A recent form with lavender flowers veined darker purple in spring and early summer over lovely felted textured foliage. Neat clumps to 35cm for drained soil in sun.
A brilliant Geranium with large magenta-purple flowers from May until the frosts. The larger Geranium sanguineum-type leaves and stems grow in a mound to 40cm.
A favourite of many gardeners. Evergreen rosettes overwinter become enlarged by flowering summer stems bearing masses of silvery-pink flowers till the frosts. 15cm by 1m spread. Any drained or dry soil in sun.
Modern variety from Holland. Similar to Geranium sylvaticum 'Angulatum' this makes neat clumps of fresh green foliage and strong stems of pale pink flowers with deeper pink veins to 70cm. Good soil in sun or shade.
AGM A mound of finely cut leaves covered with large open flowers in light purple from May to November. Unsurpassed for effectiveness. For reasonable soil in sun. 50cm.
Like 'Brookside' but with darker blue flowers, 5cm across. The stuff of myth! Average soil in sun, 70cm. Summer with good repeat and super foliage colour in autumn.
From Alan Bremner. Clumps of soft, almost felted foliage and stems of large brilliant blue flowers with red-purplish centre and veining in late spring and early summer. Ordinary soil in sun or light shade. 45cm.
Large deep blue flowers in late spring and early summer. Broad softly hairy leaves, deciduous. A recent hybrid already a classic. Average soil in sun. 45cm.
A recent variety with intense purplish-pink flowers like a cross between Geranium Rozanne 'Gerwat' and Geranium wallichianum 'Syabru'. Average soil in part shade. 30cm high, 1m spread.
Masses of small blue flowers in spring. Alan Bremner's hybrid: a compact clump of leaves and the myriad of flowers are held erect for weeks in late spring. Open or light shade, not too dry. 70cm.
