Scientific Name: Geranium x oxonianum
Common Name: pink cranesbill
Family Name: Geraniaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Open, Spreading
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Filler, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Spring interest, Woodland margin
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Acidic, Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Ovate, Pinnately lobed, Serrate
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Pink, May-Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Schizocarp, Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Claridge Druce has 3cm flower has dark purple veins on the throat, leaves are larger, darker, and more round than 'Phoebe Noble' which has 3cm bubblegum pink flowers, and very pubescent leaves.