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Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokovo'

This is the perfect perennial - long bloom period, lots & lots of blooms, pretty foliage, and great spreader, while easy to contain. Great for front edge of the border or at the foot of shrubs.

A favorite vignette - Festive Maxima peony, Siberian iris, lamb's ear, and Biokova geranium.

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Straight zone 4a hardy too - will grow in a groundcover - the main problem is that it is really ugly during early spring. The flowers will make up for that ugliness by blooming like crazy. Seem to have very little roots, mainly aboveground rhizomes - makes for a interesting experience when transplanting them but most of them surivive transfers to other areas of the yard. Will grow in woodland shade but won't flower and spread slowly so their best is partial shade where most other geranium species and hybrids won't grow except for the native geranium of the Eastern United States and its allies which would bloom in woodland shade. The other geranium species and hybrids tend to prefer more sun - at least 4 to 6 hours or more - I have tried several in more shade conditions but they kept dying after a few years. Biokovo will do well in at little as 2 to 3 hours of direct sun.

A super hardy, quick growing and abundantly blooming plant. It is probably my best geranium for overall garden performance. The leaves stay green almost year round, with fresh growth beginning in early March. It blooms profusely over a thirty day period beginning in late May well into June. Although listed as spreading 18", mine has spread out over 30" in all directions.

I have added a few of these plants in my containers for this year (to be added into the garden in the fall). I came across this perennial geranium on my order list at work and had to give it a looksie. From the pics I have made a wise and beautiful choice for the future of my garden. I also love the fragrance of the foilage. A bit pungent but the deer should not like it.

Grows very well in zone 4b. I have two 'Biokovo' plants that have been through two southern MN winters and are thriving. The plants have not received any pampering. I believe in survival of the fittest in my garden. I like the shape and size of the plant as well as the prolific flowering. The flowers seemed a little plain to me when the plants first started blooming, but the number of blooms and the overall habit of the plant won me over.

This lovely plant is a mass of white flowers with pink centers. It gets a lot of shade in my garden and holds its own very well on a steep slope in sandy soill.