A large growing hardy Geranium with large blue flowers.
Pronunciation
(jer-AY-nee-um
Plant Type
All Plants, Perennials Hardy
Hardiness Zone
4-8
Sunlight
full to partial sun
Moisture
average to moist
Soil & Site
average to moist well drained
Flowers
The flowers vary from blue to purple and can reach 2 inches. In hot full sun flowers are more purple.
Fruit
distinctive beaked seed capsules, hence the common name of crane’s bill (geranium in Greek means crane)
Dimensions
24-30 inches high and spreads over three feet
Maintenance
can get untidy and needs to be cut back, quickly regrows from the center
Propagation
division
Cultivar Origin
Created by Marco van Noort of Holland. Originated from bees cross pollinating some Geranium wallichianum hybrids.
Author's Notes
I have heard this at more than one talk and read this in more than one article that Jolly Bee is probably the same plant as Geranium Rosanne. Recently reading a description from the nursery Geraniaceae.com that "the only ones that can tell the difference are botanists".