Geranium sanguineum

GERANIUM sanguineum
Bloody Cranesbill

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 6-12" (15-30cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Red, pink, white

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Rosidae (Rose Superorder)

Order: Geraniales (Geranium Order)

Family: Geraniaceae (Geranium Family)

Genus: Geranium (Cranesbill)

Species: sanguineum (the colour of blood)

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Geranium sanguineum is another native British wildflower cultivated in gardens. It forms a tight mound about 8" high, with finely-cut deep green leaves, and rounded deep pink flowers all summer and into autumn. Several cultivars have been bred, with flower colours including white, paler pinks and streaked colours.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
The seedpod is long and pointed, like a crane's bill. There are five seeds in a ring at the base of the 'beak', each with its own cover, attached to the 'beak' by a woody ribbon.

Seed
The seeds are oval dark brown beads. There are five seeds from each flower.

Seedling
The two seedleaves are rounded, each with a long stalk joining the main stem. The stem is often reddish. The first true leaves are deeply lobed.

Seed sowing and Germination
Seeds sown at any time of year between damp paper towels germinated in 6-39 days.
Seeds germinate faster if the seedcoat is slightly nicked first.

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	Seed Pod The seedpod is long and pointed, like a crane's bill. There are five seeds in a ring at the base of the 'beak', each with its own cover, attached to the 'beak' by a woody ribbon.
	Seed The seeds are oval dark brown beads. There are five seeds from each flower.
	Seedling The two seedleaves are rounded, each with a long stalk joining the main stem. The stem is often reddish. The first true leaves are deeply lobed.
Seed sowing and Germination Seeds sown at any time of year between damp paper towels germinated in 6-39 days. Seeds germinate faster if the seedcoat is slightly nicked first.