Geranium 'Dilys'
Family - Geraniaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Bred in the UK
Discovered By - Bred by Mr. Alan Bremnar
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 40cm
Width - up to 90cm
Location - The East Border
Description: A low-growing herbaceous Perennial with a mound-forming habit. Mid-green leaves are palmately lobed with pointed tips. Saucer-shaped, magenta-pink flowers with purple veining are produced over a long period from midsummer until hit by hard frost. Bred by Mr Alan Bremner for the now closed Axletree Nursery in Rye, Sussex. Named after Dilys Davies of the Hardy Plant Society.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Saucer-shaped, magenta-pink flowers have purple veining on each of the five overlapping petals. Flowers are produced from June through October, possibly later depending on when the first hard frosts occur.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped
Flowering time: June, July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Glossy, mid-green palmately lobed leaves with five Divided lobes, each with pointed tips. The leaves are held at the base of the plant with some smaller leaves held on the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Palmately lobed
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in reasonably fertile, moisture-retentive, but well-drained soil.