Geranium ibericum

GERANIUM ibericum
Spanish Cranesbill

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 6-12" (15-30 cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Blue

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Rosidae (Rose Superorder)

Order: Geraniales (Geranium Order)

Family: Geraniaceae (Geranium Family)

Genus: Geranium (Cranesbill)

Species: ibericum (Spanish)

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Geranium ibericum is a useful plant for ground cover, particularly in dry sites. It forms a dense mat of coarse, greyish, palmate leaves, from which arise stems up to around a foot high bearing clusters of flat-faced deep blue flowers with darker veins. These are borne throughout summer and into autumn.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Winter
Deno
(5 days)

Seed Pod The seedpod is a thin woody case with a thin ribbon connecting it to the style.
Seed The seeds are brown ovals. Each flower has five seeds in a ring at the bottom of the style.
Seedling The seedleaves are rounded with a notch. The first true leaves are rounded.
Geranium seeds may germinate faster if they are nicked slightly before sowing.

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				Germination: Winter Deno (5 days)
Seed Pod The seedpod is a thin woody case with a thin ribbon connecting it to the style. Seed The seeds are brown ovals. Each flower has five seeds in a ring at the bottom of the style. Seedling The seedleaves are rounded with a notch. The first true leaves are rounded. Geranium seeds may germinate faster if they are nicked slightly before sowing.