PlantFiles: Cranesbill
Geranium 'Ann Folkard'

I love this Geranium! Always a joy along my perrenial row, I just dug up a nice portion for my Daughter for her Mothers day gift, I'm sure it will give her many year's in her own sunny perrenial border! Mine tends to enjoy it's mostly sunny spot but it does occasionaly recieve a bit of shade from the neighbors tree - I highly reccomend this plant, now I want he blue flowered one!

The flower color is indeed very vibrant & needs thoughtful placement, especially because of the long bloom time, but it is quite lovely nonetheless. The foliage is what really makes this plant brilliant in the garden, with the younger leaves showing the chartreuse better, and darkening up some with age.

It tends to weave rather than sprawl, which is a nice effect. Has overwintered well even in my z5 garden. I like it scrambling thru salmon-pink or white roses and silvermound artemisias.

In the UK this Geranium grows annually to a height of 4ft and spread of at least 6 ft but dies back to a compact rootstock in winter.It is used as a scrambler over early flowering shrubs as it blooms continuously all season.Being sterile it does not set seed and must be propagated by division or cuttings which need pampering for the first winter.The foliage is naturally tinted yellow more so the new leaves.When the plant gets large it is very impressive but the colour needs careful placing.A more compact form 18"x18" is called Ann Thompson.