Erodium manescavii
(Manescau Storksbill)
Family - Geraniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 20cm or more
Width - 20cm
Location - The Terrace
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with a low-growing, clump-forming habit. Mid-green leaves are pinnate and have ovate to lanceolate leaflets with heavily toothed margins. Bright, magenta-purple flowers are saucer-shaped with five petals. Each Bloom has prominent white shading and heavy, deep purple veining on the two uppermost petals. The flowers are held in clusters on upright stems and are produced from early summer into early autumn.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Bright magenta-purple flowers are saucer-shaped with five petals. Each bloom has prominent white patches marked with heavy, deep purple veining on the two uppermost petals. The flowers are held in clusters and produced on upright stems from June into September.
Flower colour: Magenta-purple
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers held in clusters
Flowering time: June, July, August, September
Foliage:
Mid-green, pinnate leaves have hairy, ovate to lanceolate leaflets with heavily toothed margins. The leaves are held at the base of the plant.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings, divison, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in well-drained soil.