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Geraniums for the Perennial Garden

Hardy Perennial Geraniums


Hardy Geranium CranesbillHardy Geraniums are an often overlooked genus, due in part to the confusion over the annual Pelargoniun, which is often to referred to as a geranium. Once you add a few true geraniums to your garden you will instantly be won-over.

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True or hardy perennial geraniums, whose common name is Cranesbill, coined for the shape of their seed pods which resemble a crane's bill, are indispensible in the shade or partial shade garden.

Perennial geraniums come in a wide variety of flower colors and range in size from petite, groundcover varieties that only grow to 6 inches tall, to stately geraniums such as Geranium magnificum which reaches 30 inches in the garden. All hardy geraniums are drought tolerant, relatively disease-free and are deer resistant. To keep these hard working perennial looking their best, shear the plants back to basal growth, or approximately 1/2 their size mid-summer, to promote new foliage growth and encourage reblooming.

Hardy geraniums grow best in well-drained soil and flourish with regular watering. Apply a slow release organic fertilizer once at the beginning of the season and again mid summer. If slugs or snails are a problem, apply Sluggo Plus around the base of the plant. In the fall shear back, no lower than 6 inches and mulch with bark to protect the crown during the winter. Most hardy geraniums are hardy to zone 4 or 5 depending on the variety.

4 reasons to plant geraniums

  1. Fabulous fall color. The foliage of geraniums, depending on the variety, turn shades of yellow, red and orange in the fall.
  2. Deer resistant, yes!
  3. Tough perennial plants with non-stop delicate flowers.
  4. Cover slopes, banks, and other large areas with lush foliage that is also drought tolerant.
Companion Plants: Pair perennial geraniums with Heucheras, Bleeding Hearts, Hosta or plants along banks and stream beds.

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