| Description | 'Ingwersen's variety' Geranium (Geranium macrorrhizum) An aggressive, drought-tolerant Geranium that spreads by rhizomes forming an impenetrable ground cover. Grows best in the full sun, medium height, and wide-spreading. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | grows best in full sun |
| Moisture | average, will tolerate dryness |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | pink, one inch flowers, start blooming the end of May for 2-4 weeks. |
| Fruit | distinctive beaked seed capsules, hence the common name of crane’s bill, geranium in Greek means crane |
| Leaves | 6-8" wide leaves, pale green, slightly glossy, scented |
| Dimensions | 12-16" tall, spreads over 24" |
| Maintenance | Toward the end of the summer it can start to look a little ragged. I find myself either lightly shearing this plant or hand plucking out the yellow leaves. The plant will quickly respond by producing a new flush of foliage. |
| Propagation | easily from division of rhizomes |
| Native Site | Mount Koprivnik, Yugoslavia. |
| Cultivar Origin | Found by Walter Ingwerson in 1929 Mount Koprivnik, Yugoslavia. |
| Misc Facts | Has been reported to grow in dry shade |
| Author's Notes | I have a planting of this by my patio. It gets a half day of full sun and thrives. Each year I need to cut 6-8 inches out of the outer edge. It likes to run over any thing that is in it's way. Especially a planting of 6 Astilbe Visions Red. Also next to this is a planting of Geranium Biokovo. It blooms a light pink after the Geranium Ingwersen's Variety is done. |
| Notes & Reference | #29-Hardy Geraniums (Peter F. Yeo), #231- The Gardeners Guide to Growing Hardy Geraniums (Trevor Bath, Joy Jones) |
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