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Geum coccineum

Geum coccineum
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0

Geum coccineum is a hardy perennial from mountain wet meadows in the Balkans and northern Turkey, grown for its bright orange-red flowers from May to August. It does best in moist, cool, well-drained soil.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, especially in spring and summer, but avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, fertile, humus-rich loam with good drainage.
Temperature
Hardy to about -20 °C; prefers cool summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Europe to Türkiye
Climate
temperate

About

Geum coccineum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Geum, in the rose family Rosaceae. Native to the mountains of the Balkans and northern Turkey, it is also grown ornamentally for its bright red flowers.

Where it grows

The plant is found on wet, marshy meadows and along streams.

Other Geum plants

Geum albiflorum · Yellow avens · Geum borisii · Bulgarian Avens · White avens · Catling's avens · Bent avens · Asian Herb Bennet · Rough avens · Coluria longifolia · Largeleaf Avens · Geum molle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geum coccineum 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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