Geranium cinereum 'Ballerina'
(Cranesbill 'Ballerina')

Family - Geraniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer
Hardiness - H5
Height - 20cm
Width - 30cm
Location - The Wedding Ring Border

Description: A low-growing herbaceous Perennial with a clump-forming habit. Small, neat, grey-green leaves are palmately lobed with jagged margins. Small, bowl-shaped flowers are pale mauve-pink with dark red (nearly black) centres. Each petal is notched at the tip and marked with deep purple veining. The Blooms are held singly or in small clusters above the foliage and are produced from late spring into mid-summer. Attractive to pollinating insects.

Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Flower:

Small, bowl-shaped flowers are pale mauve-pink with dark red (nearly black) centres. Each petal is notched at the tips and has dark purple veining. The flowers are held singly or in small clusters above the foliage and are produced from May into July.

Flower colour: Mauve

Flower shape: Bowl-shaped flowers held singly or in small clusters

Flowering time: May, June, July

Foliage:

Small, grey-green leaves are palmately lobed with jagged margins. The leaves are held in neat mounds at the base of the plant.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed

Propagation:

Cuttings.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.