Anyone looking for a low-growing geranium species for borders or pots is best served with Geranium sanguineum "Apple Blossom". The delicate pink flowering plant with dark green foliage that turns bright red in autumn is only 15 centimeters high and just as wide.
The flower color of the cranesbill "Apple Blossom" varies from soft pink to pink
A weak-growing subspecies of the blood-red cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum (Blood Cranesbill) is a dense, clumping perennial with rhizomes that spread in a creeping manner. From May to September - with interruptions - they appear again and again, up to four centimeters wide, cup-shaped flowers, which are soft pink with darker veins in the "Apple Blossom" variety. The graceful, delicate perennial fits well in the foreground of borders, is a charming companion to roses and also thrives in pots and tubs
Cranesbill needs a lot of sun
The cranesbill "Apple Blossom" loves a sunny location with loamy, humus-rich and moderately nutrient-rich soil. The perennial is very easy to care for, only withered leaves should be cut back in autumn. Propagation is by sowing seeds or division in spring or by cuttings of non-flowering shoots in summer. Like many cranesbill varieties, "Apple Blossom" is most reliably propagated vegetatively.
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The Geranium sanguineum variety “Dilys” looks very pretty, especially in combination with “Apple Blossom”. This variety has rich purplish-pink flowers that are small but numerous. The "Tiny Monster" variety, which grows up to 40 centimeters high, with its large, bright crimson flowers, on the other hand, blooms persistently into autumn.