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geranium himalayense

Choose this hardy Geranium if you are looking for ground cover for a shady spot in the garden. Geranium himalayense has attractive purple-blue flowers in early summer, and often continues to produce more flowers right through to autumn. Its interestingly shaped leaves turn bright red in autumn. Like others in the Cranesbill family it is at home in a cottage garden or the herbaceous border and is great for providing ground cover and suppressing weeds, but unlike most others, Geranium himalayense

Geranium himalayense is a particularly useful ground cover plant, as it tolerates shady spots

This resilient perennial is a cottage garden staple and is ideal for filling gaps in front of herbaceous borders. Cranesbills are well-known as excellent ground cover plants, but this one is incredibly beneficial because it tolerates shady areas well. The lobed foliage provides a lovely background for the purple-blue flowers, which bloom in the main flush in early summer and then sporadically until autumn. Geranium himalayense puts on a final show of lively red foliage as autumn approaches.

This resilient perennial is a cottage garden staple and is ideal for filling gaps in front of herbaceous borders. Cranesbills are well-known as excellent ground cover plants, but this one is incredibly beneficial because it tolerates shady areas well. The lobed foliage provides a lovely background for the purple-blue flowers, which bloom in the main flush in early summer and then sporadically until autumn. Geranium himalayense puts on a final show of lively red foliage as autumn approaches.