Geranium incanum

GERANIUM incanum
Carpet Geranium, Horlosies

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 4-8" (10-20cm)

Flowering Time: Summer

Flower Colour: Purple

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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: incanum (hoary)

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Geranium incanum is a fairly new introduction for our gardens from South Africa. It forms a neat spreading mound of very finely cut greyish leaves, taking on a reddish tinge in winter. It grows to only around 6" high, sprawling to cover an area of over two feet across, which can be smothered all summer with greyish buds opening to bright purple rounded flowers.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:
Spring
Outside (35 days)
Deno (22 days)
Winter
Deno (4 days)

Seed Pod The seedpod is a thin woody case with a long thin ribbon which is attached to the
'beak' of the flower.
Seed The seeds are small brown ovals. There are five seeds from each flower, in a ring at the
bottom of the style.
Seedling The seedleaves are rounded with a notch, with a long reddish stem. The first true leaves
are trifoliate.

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				Germination: Spring Outside (35 days) Deno (22 days) Winter Deno (4 days)
Seed Pod The seedpod is a thin woody case with a long thin ribbon which is attached to the 'beak' of the flower. Seed The seeds are small brown ovals. There are five seeds from each flower, in a ring at the bottom of the style. Seedling The seedleaves are rounded with a notch, with a long reddish stem. The first true leaves are trifoliate.