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Geranium sanguineum
Also called Bloody Geranium, Blood Red Crane's Bill
Bloody crane's-bill is a hardy, low-growing perennial with bright crimson flowers from late spring into autumn. It thrives in sun or light shade and tolerates poor, dry soil once established.
Geranium sanguineum, common name bloody crane's-bill or bloody geranium, is a species of hardy flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the cranesbill family Geraniaceae. It is the county flower of Northumberland.
It is cultivated as a garden subject, and a number of different cultivars exist. The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
Geranium sanguineum is native to most of temperate to subarctic Europe and western Asia. It is also frequent as a garden escape away from native sites.
Geranium albanum · Geranium aristatum · Geranium asphodeloides · Geranium cinereum · Geranium clarkei · Dalmatian Crane's Bill · Endres's cranesbill · Himalayan Crane's Bill · Iberian geranium · Hardy geranium · Spotted geranium · Madiera cranesbill
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geranium sanguineum 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.
