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Geraniums Rock Gardens and Containers

Most geraniums in this section require excellent drainage. They can be grown in containers or rock gardens, and most of them require at least half a day's sun. Plants may need some protection from sun in the afternoon in areas with high summer temperatures. Thick walled containers which keep plant roots cool will help to ensure the plant's survival.

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Name	Zone	Season	Size	Price
Geranium × antipodeum Crûg Strain A selection from an innumerable number of brown leaved hybrids between G. sessiliflorum subsp. novaezelandiae 'Nigricans' and G. traversii. The leaves are light chocolate colored, and the flowers are light pink.	zone 8-10	Sp.-Su.	12x24"	$8.00 .
Geranium 'Chocolate Candy' From Coen Jansen, Holland and named by Dan Heims. The best of the large colored leaf G. antipodean selections. Large milk-chocolate-colored leaves and bright pink flowers with a pale center. Good mounding form. Holds its leaf color well all season.	zone 8-10	Sp.-Su.	12-15x15"	$8.00
Geranium cinereum (Form A) (Europe; mountainous areas, French Alps, Balkans, Greece; Asia, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, North Africa, Caucasus.) Form A. Small, gray-green, scalloped leaves, large, pale pink flowers with dark pink veins.	zone 5-9	Su.	12x15"	$8.00 Available 2010
Geranium cinereum (Form B) (Europe; mountainous areas, French Alps, Balkans, Greece; Asia, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, North Africa, Caucasus) Form B. Large gray-green leaves and large lavender flowers with dark lavender veins. The easiest G. cinereum to grow.	zone 5-9	Su.	12x15"	$8.00
Geranium cinereum Group 'Alice' (patent) "strong growing variety with large pale lilac pink flowers and silver green foliage" From Darwin Plants and Border Alpines' Carl Lowe.	zone 5-9	Su.	6x12"	$8.00
Geranium cinereum Group 'Ballerina' Gray-green leaves; lavender flowers with wine-colored veins and dark centers.	zone 5-9	Sp.-Fa.	6-12x8-15"	$8.00
Geranium cinereum Group 'Carol' One inch bright pink flowers with fine dark veins. The flowers have a velvety appearance, which makes the color seem luminous. Very floriferous" From Darwin Plants and Border Alpines' Carl Lowe. PPAF	zone 5-9	Su.	6x10"	$8.00
Geranium cinereum Group 'Laurence Flatman' Gray-green leaves; light lavender flowers with dark, reddish-pink blotches and veins.	zone 5-9	Sp.-Fa.	8x15"	$8.00
Geranium cinereum Group 'Lizabeth' Light pink flowers veined in light purple,with light grey dissected leaves.	zone 5-9	Sp.-Su.	6x10"	$8.00
Geranium cinereum Group 'Memories' (patent) "Strongly colored deep pink red flowers over green foliage. Named in memory of plantsman Aad Zoet." From Darwin Plants and Border Alpines' Carl Lowe.	zone 5-9	Su.	8x12"	$8.00
Geranium cinereum Group 'Purple Pillow' The usual ashy-gray leaves and stunning purple flowers with dark veins. From Bridgemere Nursery, UK.	zone 5-9	Su.-Fa.	6x12"	$8.00
Geranium cinereum Group 'Rothbury Gem' Compact plant with grey green leaves. Pale pink flowers with magenta veins and a magenta eye	zone 5-9	Su.	5x14"	$9.00
Geranium dalmaticum (S.W. Balkans, Albania) Small, shiny, green leaves; mid pink flowers.	zone 4-10	Sp.	5x24-36"	$8.00
Geranium dalmaticum 'Album' Shiny green leaves; flowers white with a pink flush.	zone 4-10	Sp.	5x24-36"	$8.00
Geranium dalmaticum 'Bridal Bouquet' Compact plant, shiny green leaves, white flowers with a hint of pink.	zone 4-10	Sp.	6x24-36"	$8.00
Geranium 'Dusky Crug' A chance seedling between G. 'Stanhoe' (Crug Strain) and G. x oxonianum from Crug Farm Plants, Wales. Large, roundish, greenish-brown leaves; lavender flowers fading pale to base with purple veins.	zone 7-9	Sp.-Su.	8-10x15"	$8.00
Geranium 'Elizabeth Ross' (G. sessiliflorum novaezelandiae 'Nigricans' x G. traversii) x G. x oxonianum) Small hybrid with rounded green leaves and bright reddish pink flowers.	zone 7-9	Sp.-Su.	8x36"	$8.00
Geranium libani (Lebanon, Syria, Turkey) Slightly glossy, green, faintly marbled, scalloped leaves; tuberous rooted; flowers violet-blue; dormant in the summer; rare. (*Because this is a tuberous rooted Geranium, plant width is dependent upon number of tubers growing)	zone 8-10	Sp.	10" high	$8.00
Geranium 'Luscious Linda' Dark green to bronze leaves, pink flowers with dark pink veins and a small white center. Small mounding plant.	zone 8-9	Sp.-Su.	6-8x20"	$8.00
Geranium macrostylum (S.E. Med.) From Jerry Flintoff, Seattle. Tuberous rooted; leaves similar to G. tuberosum, but a little larger and more incised; pale violet-pink flowers with a dark basal zone; summer dormant. (*Because this is a tuberous rooted Geranium, plant width is dependent upon number of tubers growing)	zone 7-10	Sp.	9-12" high	$8.00
Geranium malviflorum (S. Spain, Morocco, Algeria) Tuberous rooted; large, deeply divided, green foliage; violet-blue flowers with darker veins; summer dormant. (*Because this is a tuberous rooted Geranium, plant width is dependent upon number of tubers growing)	zone 7-10, possibly lower	Sp.	12" high	$8.00
Geranium orientalitibeticum (S.W. China) Tuberous rooted; green foliage with yellow-green marbling; deep pink flowers with pale centers; spreads easily, needs containment. (*Because this is a tuberous rooted Geranium, plant width is dependent upon number of tubers growing)	zone 8-10	Su.	10" high	$8.00
Geranium 'Orkney Cherry' A wide-spreading plant with purple-brown foliage and small, bright pink flowers.	zone 8-10	Summer	12x24"	$8.00
Geranium 'Orkney Pink' From Alan Bremner, U.K. Small, gray-green leaves with a slight gray cast; bright magenta flowers.	zone 8-10	Sp.-Fa.	10x18"	$8.00
Geranium 'Pink Delight' From Juliet Robinson, UK. Small grey-green leaves, light pink flowers. Forms a small domed mound.	zone 8	Sp.-Su.	9x14"	$8.00
Geranium 'Pink Spice' A hybrid from New Zealand. Propagation only by permission, protected by Plant Breeders Rights. Mounding plant with dollar-size, brownish-pink leaves; leaves turn dark green in cool weather; long trailing flowering stems with mid pink flowers.	zone 8-9	Sp.-Fa.	10x15"	$8.00
Geranium 'Sandra' Grey green leaves and small white flowers. Small mounding plant.	zone 8-9	Sp.-Su.	8x10"	$8.00
Geranium sessiliflorum ssp. novaezelandiae 'Coffee 'n Cream' (N. Zealand) Collected by Graham Hutchins at Tennyson, N.Z. Selection with small rounded light brown, milk-coffee-colored leaves; pink flowers.	zone 8 possibly lower	Sp.-Fa.	5x12"	$8.00
Geranium sessiliflorum ssp. novaezelandiae 'Nigricans' Small rounded dark coffee-colored leaves with faint bronze tinge; white flowers. We hope to have new stock of this plant in the spring. AVAILABLE 2016	zone 8 possibly lower	Sp.-Fa.	5x12"	$8.00
Geranium sessiliflorum ssp. novaezelandiae 'Porters Pass' Collected by Graham Hutchins at Porters Pass, N.Z.Form with small rounded reddish-brown leaves with reddish leaf stems; white flowers.	zone 8-10	Sp.-Fa.	5x12"	$8.00
Geranium 'Stephanie' (G. peloponnesiacum x G. renardii) Pebbly gray-green leaves and pale violet-blue flowers with dark veins.	zone 5-9	Sp.-early Su.	12x15"	$8.00
Geranium subcaulescens (Balkans and Turkey) Gray-green leaves; flowers of vivid magenta with dark veins and a black eye.	zone 7-9	Sp.-Fa.	8-10x15"	$8.00
Geranium subcaulescens 'Giuseppii' A small mound-forming plant with grayish green leaves that are shallowly divided. Its flowers are a veined light magenta.	zone 7-9	Sp.-Su.	6x10"	$8.00
Geranium 'Tanya Rendall' Tranquility Cottage Nursery, UK. Dark green to bronze leaves, small dark pink flowers with a white eye and veins.	zone 8-10	Sp.-Su.	6x18"	$8.00
Geranium traversii (New Zealand) Large round, gray-green leaves; white flowers with pink shading and greenish veins.	zone 9-10	Su.	8x15"	$8.00
Geranium 'Trinity' (G. traversii x G. sessiliflorum nov. 'Nigricans') x G. rubifolium. Low mounding plant with dark gray-green leaves with a brown tinge; flowers light magenta, slightly notched, becoming pale in the center, with separated petals.	zone 7	Sp.-Fa.	10x15"	$8.00
Geranium tuberosum (Med. to W. Iran) Tuberous rooted; deeply dissected green foliage; flowers rosy-lilac fading cool-lilac to center with darker veins; snow patch plant; foliage dies down in summer; needs to be restrained; spreads easily. (*Because this is a tuberous rooted Geranium, plant width is dependent upon number of tubers growing)	zone 8-10	Sp.	12" high*	$8.00
Geranium x antipodeum A selection with small brown leaves, and very pale pink flowers. The leaves are larger than one of its parents, G. sessiliflorum subsp.novaezelandiae 'Nigricans', and are a softer brown. The plant is vigorous, and easy to grow, and can be cut back after flowering to make it look tidy.	zone 8-10	Sp.-Su.	8-10x24"	$8.00
Geranium x antipodeum 'Stanhoe' Ashy gray-green leaves and small white flowers with a faint pink flush. Makes an excellent border plant.	zone 8-10	Su.	12x18"	$8.00

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Monsonia speciosa

This is an unusual member of the Geranium Family. The leaf lobes are very fine and narrow, and the flowers look like white tissue paper with notched margins and a pink central blotch. The anthers are orange. The plant grows in the winter and flowers in the spring. It must be allowed to go dormant during the summer. At that time all water should be withheld. It does well in a container, but should be protected from temperatures below freezing in the winter. It can be propagated from root cuttings or seeds. The roots are bright yellow and semi fibrous. It comes from the winter rainfall areas of the Western Cape of South Africa and grows in sandy loam.

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