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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  April 2020

  It's one of the many lovely hardy geraniums ... I couldn't tell you which one but my guess is that someone on here will have a good idea as to which one it is. 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  April 2020

  It looks a bit like Bio-kovo or something similar. The foliage looks different though.

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• Silver surfer Posts: 4,719

  April 2020 edited April 2020

  Erodium pelargoniflorum rather than Geranium?
  
  https://www.plant-world-seeds.com/store/view_seed_item/467
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=Erodium+Pelargoniflorum&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCxLfzs8_oAhWCRBUIHfysAxwQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1920&bih=944
  
  
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/104139907/pelargoniums-vs-geraniums-how-to-tell-the-difference
  

  Perthshire. SCOTLAND .

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  April 2020 edited April 2020

  Do you think?  It could've survived  this last winter as here in East Anglia we've hardly had any real frosts ......... but I don't think it'd survive most East Anglian winters, especially not against a northfacing wall.  
  It's very pretty tho, 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Fairygirl Posts: 55,117

  April 2020

  I think it looks more like that @Silver surfer. I knew the foliage looked odd for those geraniums.
  Not something I've ever grown - wouldn't like our soil/climate here.
  The OP  has sandy soil, so perhaps that's kept it ticking over nicely. 

  It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
  
  
  
  I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  April 2020

  It's lovely ... I'm wondering if it could cope on my Shady Bank .... 

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• andrewnewton Posts: 155

  April 2020

  Silver surfer said:

  Erodium pelargoniflorum rather than Geranium?
  
  https://www.plant-world-seeds.com/store/view_seed_item/467
  
  https://www.google.com/search?q=Erodium+Pelargoniflorum&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCxLfzs8_oAhWCRBUIHfysAxwQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1920&bih=944
  
  
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/104139907/pelargoniums-vs-geraniums-how-to-tell-the-difference
  

  Many thanks for that. The plant was already in the garden when we moved in and I hadn't been able to identify it. It's a good doer and doesn't need any attention at all. I'm guessing the wall provides enough protection, after all it faces south on the other side !

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  April 2020

  Hmmmm 🤔

  
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