Geranium × cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'
Common: Cambridge geraniumGeranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' - 50 per flat
- Height: 6"-8"
- Spread: 10"-12"
- Hardiness Zone(s): 4-8
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Plant Details
A wonderful landscape groundcover for part shade or sun featuring white flowers with light pink veins and stamens. Red to orange fall color is outstanding. 'Biokovo' is easy to grow in the shade or bright edge conditions. This naturally occuring hybrid was discovered in the Biokova Mountains in Croatia.
Characteristics & Attributes
Exposure
- Full Sun
- Part Sun
Soil Moisture Needs
- Moist
- Average
Plug Type
- Horticultural Plug
For Animals
- Pollinator-friendly
- Deer Resistant
Attributes
- Groundcover
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Late Spring / Early Summer
- Summer
Propagation Type
- Vegetative
Care & Maintenance
Best in full to part sun with average to moist, well-drained soils.
Interesting Notes
The Perennial Plant Association's 2015 Perennial Plant of the Year®
Perfect for adding texture, this perennial blooms for an extended period. The mounding growth produces numerous white flowers with a pink blush and veins. The green foliage turns color when fall arrives. Plant in well-drained soil in full to part sun.
Aromatic carpeting Geranium with light green, semi-evergreen foliage which turns red in fall. Good groundcover. Nodding, reflex-petaled, white flowers that open from pink buds. - Darwin Perennials
Geranium is derived from the Greek geranós, meaning crane. The common name, cranesbill, derives from the shape of the fruit capsule that appears in some of the species.