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Iberian geranium

Geranium ibericum

Also called Caucasian Crane's Bill

Iberian geranium
Photo: Dinkum, CC BY-SA 3.0

A hardy, mound-forming herbaceous perennial with violet flowers, native to Turkey, the Caucasus and northern Iran. Give it a sunny to lightly shaded spot in well-drained soil and it will return reliably year after year.

Family
Geraniaceae (Geranium family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then once the top few centimetres of soil are dry; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained garden loam; tolerates a range of soils including chalky ones.
Temperature
Hardy to around -20 °C; protect young plants from late frosts.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Türkiye to Caucasus and N. Iran
Climate
temperate

About

Geranium ibericum, commonly called Caucasian crane's-bill or (in North America) Iberian geranium or Caucasus geranium, is a herbaceous plant species in the family Geraniaceae. It is native to Western Asia, including Turkey and the Caucasus, and is cultivated as a garden subject. It has a dense mounding habit, and violet colored flowers.

Other Geranium plants

Geranium albanum · Geranium aristatum · Geranium asphodeloides · Geranium cinereum · Geranium clarkei · Dalmatian Crane's Bill · Endres's cranesbill · Himalayan Crane's Bill · Hardy geranium · Spotted geranium · Madiera cranesbill · Knotted Crane's Bill

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geranium ibericum 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.

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