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Geranium pulchrum

by Johan Wentzel

Geranium pulchrum
Plant Type
Shrub
Geranium pulchrum is a small robust shrub that can grow up to 1.2m tall.
This is a lovely small shrub for a mixed shrubbery or to be planted in containers. The lovely flowers attract butterflies to the garden.
Plant Description

Geranium pulchrum is a small robust shrub that can grow up to 1.2m. The stems are woody at the base, silky and about 10mm in diameter. The leaves are deeply lobed (5-7 lobes) and sharply toothed, hairy above and about 120mm in diameter large.  Geranium pulchrum's flowers are borne in loose terminal clusters of light purple or deep pink flowers that are sometimes white in the centre on stalks about 60mm long covered in hairs, the flowers are borne between October and April.

Geranium pulchrum is a lovely small shrub for a mixed shrubbery or to be planted in containers. The lovely flowers attract butterflies to the garden.

Hardiness
Very hardy
Position
Sun
Water Requirements
Keep moist
Evergreen
Evergreen
Growth Rate
Fast
Flowering Time
Summer
Flower Colour
Purple
Shape
Round
Soil
Loam
Plant Size
1m
Region
Free State, Lesotho
Habitat
Marshy areas on streambanks
Grown by Wildflower Nursery
No

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