Perennials
Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'
Cranesbill
Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei' is a free-flowering cranesbill with a compact mounding habit. This shorter variety forms a low mound of fine-textured green foliage, bearing a nice display of bright magenta-pink flowers in late spring and well into the summer. Foliage often turns attractive shades of red in autumn. One of the best choices for massed plantings, filling in quickly to create a bushy groundcover.
Additional:
Nectar source for the following butterflies--Eastern Tailed Blue, Zabulon Skipper
Cranesbill Growing and Maintenance Tips:
Easily grown in average, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Does not mind hot, humid weather.
Height:8-10 Inches |
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Spread:12-24 Inches |
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Hardiness Zone:3 - 8 |
Characteristics & Attributes for Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'
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Great Companion Plants for Geranium sanguineum 'Max Frei'
Tickseed
(Coreopsis verticillata 'Moonbeam')
Coneflower
(Echinacea purpurea 'PowWow Wild Berry')
Dwarf Fountain Grass
(Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln')
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