| Description | A cultivar of our native Geranium with purple to coffee colored leaves. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | part sun, shaded |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | lavender, 5 petal flowers |
| Fruit | distinctive beaked seed capsules, hence the common name of crane’s bill (geranium in Greek means crane) |
| Leaves | purple to coffee colored leaves |
| Dimensions | 8-12 inches tall |
| Maintenance | Foliage may decline after flowering in the hot summer, lightly sheared back and shaped to revitalize |
| Propagation | division |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered in the woods of Landenberg, PA. by North Creek Nurseries. |
| Author's Notes | The first time I saw this plant was at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois (USA) in the late spring. It was an impressive planting. Returning in the late summer the plants foliage had declined and they were cut to the ground level. |
| Notes & Reference | #168-Missouri Flora web site (www.missouriplants.com) |
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