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Help with identifying blue geranium

didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
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I planted this yonks ago and rediscovered it last year when tackling our very neglected garden.  It looked rather pretty growing up among all of the wild grass that had taken over the border but the grass had to come out and so did the geranium.  I split it and replanted the younger rhizomes.  I like it - but I have no idea what variety it is.  Can anyone help?

Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.

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  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    I have a white Geranium Renardii that has similar looking leaves. Could it be a Renardii hybrid, maybe Phillipe Vapelle?
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Hmm - could be @Nollie.  It's not a name I recognise though.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    The other Renardii hybrid I’ve come across is Orkney Dawn, which I wanted but couldn’t get - of course it might not be that type anyway, just the soft, frilled leaves looked familiar and very different to my other geraniums.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    It looks very like Philippe Vapelle to me too. I used to grow it.
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Thanks guys.  We'll settle on Geranium Renardii 'Philippe Vapelle'.  I like the idea of a white one...
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
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