| Description | White Bigroot Geranium is a white flowering form of the Geranium macrorrhizum Geranium. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full, part sun, mostly sunny |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | white flushed with very light pink, cupped shape, deep coral-colored calyces |
| 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, soft-to-the-touch, scented, lobed |
| Stems | rhizomatous |
| Dimensions | 8-12 inche stall, spread 24 plus inches |
| Propagation | easily from division of rhizomes |
| Native Site | Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by Walter Ingwersen from the Rhodope Mountains of Bulgaria. |
| Author's Notes | I have never grown this variety but have grown its pink-flowered relative, Geranium Ingwerson's Variety, which is very easy to grow and very aggressive once established. |
| Notes & Reference | #29-Hardy Geraniums (Peter F. Yeo), #231- The Gardeners Guide to Growing Hardy Geraniums (Trevor Bath, Joy Jones) |
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