Geranium 'Phillipe Vapelle'
Common name: Crane's bill
Family: Geraniaceae
Note: this article is about the hardy perennial plant with the latin name Geranium and the common name crane's bill. Geranium is also the common name of a group of showy plants, grown as annuals, with the latin name [Pelargonium].
This variety is a deciduous perennial. It grows in bushy clumps and bears saucer-shaped flowers, lilac in colour with deeper veining. Flowers are borne earlier than most geraniums, from late spring to early summer. Geraniums are noted for their intense display of colour over a long period.
Originally hedgerow plants, geraniums will grow in either sun or part shade. They are not fussy about soil as long as it is not waterlogged.
They can be propagated by division or cuttings in spring or summer.
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