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geranium IDs
Got this one last year. I think it will have magenta flowers.
I've had these for years. Aromatic leaves smell like patchouli. Are there any more of this type?
GERANIUM QUESTION :
What is the name of the pink geranium thug with deep roots and a dark spot in the middle of the leaves. (Don't want to buy this one
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Finally, the weed
In London. Keen but lazy.
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The middle two are G. macrorrhizum.
I'm not aware of any thuggish geraniums really... G. phaeum and G. oxonianum certainly spread themselves around but it's easy to keep on top of them (and they're handy for gap-filling).
This one isn't handy to keep on top of . It gets everywhere. Neighbour planted it as ground cover years ago. Well post a pic of one.
Thanks for id of the two. Will look out for similar.
First one looks like G. sanguineum., also comes in pink and white versions.
The other two are forms of G. macrorrhizum - there is a paler pink one as well.
The weed is, I think, Nipplewort, has tiny yellow dandelion type flowers. Not really very garden worthy, but I think the seed heads are pretty in winter.
Not sure which is your thug. The phaeum types have dark centred leaves, but don't come in pink, G. endressii can be a thug, but has plain green leaves. Even some little ones can be quite thuggish - I have an alpine type one (G. ciereum Ballerina, I believe) which has taken over all of a trough and is now taking over the rockery! The dark pink Macrorhizzum is quite a ground coverer too, but usually I am so grateful to them for being easy to grow here that I put up with it
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B3, look on Longacre Plants for Shade site and you will be able to identify a multitude of geraniums and their growth habits.
It's not in flower at the moment but they are similar maybe a bit lighter than the one above.
A mature plant has vertical roots that can be a foot or more deep.
Smaller leaves in bottom picture belong to a different plant -Cambridgensis ,I think.
Thanks J21 & Bcd
Geranium macrorrhizum 'WhiteNess' or 'Album' & pink is 'Bevan's Variety'
Can't find it Joyce. Maybe it's not a geranium, but it certainly looks like one.