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Geranium albanum is a clump-forming hardy perennial in the geranium family, native to the Caucasus and northern Iran, growing up to about 50 cm. It is grown in temperate gardens for its flowers and its appeal to pollinators, and needs little more than a sunny to lightly shaded, well-drained spot.
Geranium albanum, the crested cranesbill or Albanian cranesbill, is a species of flowering plant in the family Geraniaceae, native to the Caucasus and northern Iran. A clumping perennial reaching 50 cm (20 in), the Royal Horticultural Society considers it a good plant to attract pollinators. There is a cultivar, 'Pink and Stripes'.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geranium albanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
