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0.5m
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0.5m
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2-5 years
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1 hour care
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Botanical name: Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety'
Other names: Geranium 'Ingwersen's Variety'
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Genus: Geranium
Variety or cultivar: 'Ingwersen's Variety' _ 'Ingwersen's Variety' is a semi-evergreen perennial, with aromatic leaves and soft lilac-pink flowers.
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety' is: Deciduous
Flower: Lilac-pink in Summer
Foliage: Bright-green in Summer
Habit: Clump-forming, Mat Forming
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Plant with:
Aconitum x cammarum 'Bicolor' (Purple wolf's bane 'bicolor'), Echinops ritro (Small globe thistle)
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety' (Geranium 'Ingwersen's Variety') will reach a height of 0.5m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Add to salads, Cake decoration, Cottage/Informal, Beds and borders, Ground Cover, Underplanting, Rock, Roof terrace, Wildflower, Wildlife
Cultivation: Best planted in most moderately fertile soil (apart from waterlogged) in either full sun or partial shade. Shade is tolerated.
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Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types) |
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Moist but well-drained, Well-drained |
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Acid, Alkaline, Neutral |
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Partial Shade, Full Sun |
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North, South, East, West |
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Exposed, Sheltered |
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Hardy (H4) |
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Comment from
Nicola
Geranium macrorrhizum 'Ingwersen's Variety' (Geranium 'Ingwersen's Variety') has been used in The HESCO Garden by Leeds City Council for Chelsea Flower Show 2009.
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Comment from
Nicola
This plant is used in the Perfume garden by Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins in their Perfume garden for Chelsea Flower Show 2009. They say 'Zdravets is an essential oil distilled from the leaves. Oil is used in some perfumes'
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- Posted: Sat. 9th May 2009 12:26
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