Geranium 'Tiny Monster'
Family - Geraniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 30cm-45cm
Width - 60cm or more
Location - The House Border
Description: A low-growing, mound-forming Perennial with deeply cut, palmately lobed mid-green leaves. Saucer-shaped, bright magenta-pink flowers with purple veining are produced on relatively long stems that are held clear of the foliage and produced over a long period from late spring into autumn. Leaves turn an attractive shade of scarlet red in the autumn. Attractive to pollinating insects.
G. 'Tiny Monster' is a cross between a cultivar of G. sanguineum and G. psilostemon
Flower:
Saucer-shaped, magenta-pink flowers with purple veining on each of the five overlapping petals are produced in cymes from May into October. Flowers are held on relatively long petioles.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers in cymes
Flowering time: May, June, July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Deeply Dissected, palmately lobed leaves are mid-green and turn deep scarlet-red in the autumn. The leaves are mostly held in basal mounds.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed
Autumn Colour: Red
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in reasonably fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.