Geranium 'Hexham Velvet'
Family - Geraniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 30cm
Width - 45cm
Location - The East Border
Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with trailing stems. Mid to dark green, mottled leaves are palmately lobed with toothed or jagged margins. Bowl to saucer-shaped flowers are a deep, rich shade of magenta-purple. Each flower has a black centre and darker veining on each of the petals. The flowers are held singly or in small clusters on slender stems and are produced from mid-summer into early autumn. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Flower:
Bowl to saucer-shaped flowers are a rich shade of magenta-purple. Each flower has a black centre and darker veining on each of the petals. The blooms are held singly or in small clusters on scrambling stems from June into September.
Flower colour: Magenta-purple
Flower shape: Bowl-shaped or saucer-shaped flowers held singly or in small clusters
Flowering time: June, July, August, September
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are mottled with white. The leaves are palmately lobed with toothed and jagged margins. The leaves are held mostly at the base of the plant with fewer, smaller leaves held in opposite pairs on the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.