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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Bloom Time: Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall Mid Fall
Foliage: Herbaceous
Other details: Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season
Soil pH requirements: 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets) From herbaceous stem cuttings From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; stratify if sowing indoors From seed; sow indoors before last frost
Seed Collecting: Bag seedheads to capture ripening seed Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds
On Sep 26, 2009, gardennut10 from Bellevue, WA wrote:
One of my favorite plants, in zone 7-8, it is very self-sufficient. I only water during the worst of summer heat. Blooms early summer, has a nice mounded growth habit. Has tolerated being overrun, first by Blue Star Creeper and another time by Vinca Minor. Volunteers are easy to transplant. Color is intense.
On May 20, 2008, KaylyRed from Watertown, WI (Zone 5a) wrote:
Cranesbill is always welcome in my garden. I've had them in various gardens and all have seemed to survive even the toughest conditions. The ones I'm tending now in good conditions are thriving. They bloom profusely and give a nice display just after the daffodils and tulips of early spring fade. Not only are they long-blooming but they continue to rebloom sporadically throughout the summer and into the fall. The first bloom is the best, but any rebloom is, of course, welcome!
Although I don't believe deadheading promotes rebloom, I tend to groom my cranesbill a bit from time to time to keep it tidy and compact. Cranesbill also gives my garden a flush of fall color when its foliage turns a deep ruby red.
On Jul 25, 2003, pfluggy from Rosemount, MN (Zone 4a) wrote:
We enjoy this perennial alot as the folliage is springy and is good ground cover. It repeated blooms throughout the growing season,(more dense blooms in the spring). The blooms are almost iradescent.
On Dec 16, 2002, bmuller from Albuquerque, NM (Zone 7a) wrote:
I have a couple of blooms on this one in December--much to my surprise--in Zone 7. I've had the plants (grown from seed) for three or four years and have enjoyed watching them grow in partial shade among tree roots. Interestingly,
some of the plants are now quite red, while others (including the one with blooms)are a strong, dark green.
On Mar 13, 2001, Terry from Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) wrote:
Profusely blooming during early to mid-summer. Flowers are cup-shaped, red/purple with dark veins - measuring 1-2 inches across. The long, slender beak-like fruit gives Cranesbill geranium its common name. Plant in well-drained soil and provide afternoon shade, especially in hottest climates.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, Calistoga, California Simi Valley, California Colorado Springs, Colorado Highlands Ranch, Colorado Parker, Colorado Voluntown, Connecticut Aldora, Georgia Joliet, Illinois Mount Prospect, Illinois Mount Zion, Illinois Carmel, Indiana Inwood, Iowa Smiths Grove, Kentucky Amesbury, Massachusetts Billerica, Massachusetts Cochituate, Massachusetts Woburn, Massachusetts Ann Arbor, Michigan Coopersville, Michigan Buffalo, Minnesota Coates, Minnesota Hopkins, Minnesota , New Jersey Roswell, New Mexico Cicero, New York Country Knolls, New York Endicott, New York Himrod, New York Webster, New York West Islip, New York Elizabeth City, North Carolina Bucyrus, Ohio Deer Park, Ohio Findlay, Ohio New Miami, Ohio Powell, Ohio Hulbert, Oklahoma Midwest City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Deschutes River Woods, Oregon Warwick, Rhode Island Austin, Texas Coppell, Texas Farr West, Utah West Valley City, Utah West Dummerston, Vermont Alexandria, Virginia Eastgate, Washington Kalama, Washington Spokane, Washington Vancouver, Washington Jefferson, West Virginia Como, Wisconsin Ellsworth, Wisconsin Watertown, Wisconsin
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