The native Meadow Cranesbill, clump forming herbaceous perennial with strong stems of largish flowers in shades of blue, white or pink to 1m or more. Sun, drained but good soil.
Beautiful, large white flowers with no hint of colour except the pale yellow stamens held on good stems over clumps of large, deeply divided leaves. Ordinary soil in sun. 90cm.
Seed grown plants from purple leafed ('Victor Reiter-type) parents. Mostly with blue flowers though white or pink are possible. Likely to 60cm, good soil in sun.
Very pretty albino form of the native Herb Robert. Pale green foliage and stems with masses of small white flowers to 30cm. Hardy annual/short lived perennial. Almost any soil or position.
The Bloody Cranesbill. British native hardy Geranium suitable for any ordinary, drained soil in sun or part shade. Magenta flowers from May to September. 20cm.
New form found by Richard Hobbs with neat clumps of greyish green foliage and blue flowers with a hint of mauve and purple! Tuberous and summer dormant. 30cm.
Treasured form has spode blue flowers with large white centres. Doesn’t show its true colour till late summer with cooler, damper weather. Plant it deeper in cool humusy soil in light shade or open position with a good mulch. More or less prostrate.
One of the original forms but now very rare. Low carpets of evergreen leaves and showy pink flowers in spring to 20cm. Average soil in sun or part shade.
The first form of this hybrid described, from Cambridge UBG. Low, evergreen, carpets of neat foliage and mid-pink flowers to 15-20cm in spring and early summer. Ordinary soil in sun or light shade.
Deep pink flowers from late spring to early summer over a low spreading carpet of evergreen leaves, use around medium-sized perennials or grasses. Any drained soil in sun or light shade, 20cm
This new variety has many bright rosy-pink flowers with deeper pink anthers in early summer. Low ground cover good for edging in sun or light shade. Ordinary, drained soil. 20cm.
Our introduction is distinguished by its long flowering, from April to July, and its deliriously feverish rosy-mauve flowers. It’s also extremely spotty. 60cm. Shade, or moist soil in open.
Clumps of rich green leaves heavily blotched with chocolate brown and masses of pink flowers densely netted with deeper pink veins. Ordinary soil in sun or light shade, to 40cm.
Palest pink flowers with faint, deeper pink veins on typical, medium sized plants to 40cm. Chocolate brown marks on the leaves. Average soil in sun/light shade.
Neat mounds of chocolate brown blotched light green leaves and palest pink flowers with deeper veining from May to October. Cut back to tidy up if needed. 40cm. Sun.
A recent selection from John Tuite with very heavily marked leaves, purplish brown on mid green. Deep pink flowers with deeper veins. Clumps for ordinary soil in sun or light shade.
The name says it all! Heavily dark chocolate brown marked foliage and masses of brilliant deep pink flowers from May to September. Can be cut back to tidy in summer if needed. Sun, average soil. 45cm.