Geranium phaeum 'Wendy's Blush'

cransbill

Eventual height & spread

Geranium phaeum 'Wendy's Blush'

cransbill

  • 9cm pot
  • £10.99
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  • Position: partial shade
  • Soil: moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: fast
  • Flowering period: May to June
  • Hardiness: fully hardy


An excellent choice for early colour in shady borders, this hardy perennial produces upright stems topped with delicate, pale pink flowers that fade from near-white with purple veining to a soft blush as they age.

The small blooms appear in late spring and early summer and are a useful early food source for pollinators. Geranium phaeum 'Wendy's Blush' has a clump-forming habit and attractive lobed green foliage, which helps to suppress weeds and create low-maintenance ground cover.

Like other dusky cranesbills, it's well-suited to woodland-style planting or areas with dappled light.


  • Garden care:
    Geranium phaeum, and its cultivars, prefer reliably moist to damp soils with some shade. When planting, incorporate a scoop of well-rotted compost into the planting hole and water in well.

    Once established, in midsummer rejuvenate plants that are beginning to look jaded, by removing old flowered stems and leaves.

    After a couple of seasons, lift and divide large clumps in spring to maintain plant health and vigour.