Geranium 'Rozanne'
Family - Geraniaceae
Category - Perennial
Discovered By - Discovered as a chance seedling by Gomer and Rozanne Waterer
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 60cm
Width - up to 90cm
Location - The East Border
Description: Herbaceous Perennial with a bushy, sometimes sprawling habit and mid-green palmately lobed leaves. Saucer-shaped violet-blue flowers with prominent white centres are produced continually from early summer through mid-autumn, possibly later in a mild weather. The flowers develop a more pinkish-purple hue in hot weather, and turn deeper shades of violet-blue in cool weather. Discovered as a chance seedling of G. wallichianum 'Buxton's Variety' and G. himalayense by Gomer and Rozanne Waterer and introduced into cultivation by Blooms of Bressingham. G. 'Rozanne' won Royal Horticultural Society Plant of the Century Award at Chelsea Flower Show in 2013.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
The correct botanical name for this plant is G. 'Gerwat' - 'Rozanne' is a trademark name.
Synonym - Geranium 'Jolly Bee'
Flower:
Violet-blue flowers with white centers have five overlapping petals, each marked with deeper purple veins. Flowers are produced continuously from June through October and sometimes later in a mild autumn.
Flower colour: Violet-Blue
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers in cymes
Flowering time: June, July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Tidy, mid-green palmately lobed leaves.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed
Propagation:
Plant Breeder's Rights (PBR). Unlicensed propagation is prohibited.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in reasonably fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.