Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety'

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Price:  £4.50 Notify me when this item is available Family:  Geraniaceae Main Season:  Spring Flower Colour:  Pink Leaf Colour:  Green Foliage:  Evergreen Position:  Light/Part Shade Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  15cm to 30cm (6" to 12") RHS Award of Garden Merit:  RHS Award of Garden Merit Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H7 minimum at least -20C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      None available at present. View our Pot Size guide:

Useful, usually evergreen, groundcover with light rose-pink flowers from April. Will even work in dry shade with good soil preparation. 30cm.

Good, weed excluding groundcover among shrubs and larger herbaceous perennials in sun or shade. Vigorous but easy to contain as it is very shallow rooting.

The species is found in southern Europe and this cultivar was collected by Walter Ingwersen on Mt Koprivnak in Montenegro in 1929 and introduced by his nursery Birch Farm in the 1930-31 catalogue as Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Var'.