Meadow Cranesbill | Slide Mouse

Tall with finely cut leaves forming a dramatic mound geranium pratense meadow cranesbill is a clump forming perennial with abundant clusters of large saucer shaped blue or violet flowers from late spring to mid summer.

Meadow cranesbill. Midnight reiter grows to only about 6 or 8 inches tall and twice as wide. Meadow cranesbill has long been a popular ornamental which has spread to the wild in many places in southern and eastern finland as far as kuusamo. This geranium may even rebloom in late summer or fall if the plant is cut back after the first flush of blooms. It can grow up to 60 cm around two feet in height and has deeply lobed toothed leaves.

Geranium pratense midnight reiter jer ay nee um prah ten see. It is also a popular garden plant that will grow well in sunny spots. Meadow cranesbill is found in greatest abundance in the east of andsouth of england although it can also be found right in the north of scotland. The flowers have five petals and are pink or purple but white flower varieties of the species occur.

Lavender blue flowers bloom beginning in late spring. 1 230 470 the border selections of cranesbill geranium are valuable fillers for colour in early to mid summer. Deeply cut plum purple leaves emerge in spring and stay true to color throughout the season. The striking bluish violet flowers of meadow crane s bill can be seen in lowland hay meadows roadside verges and grasslands particularly ones on chalky soils.

It flowers between june and august colouring the roadsides of areas like the cotswolds. More shade causes the foliage to be. The flower is usually lilac blue but paler blue pink white and even darker blues can be found depending on soil conditions. This species has a good show of large violet blue cup shaped flowers over a bushy mound of deeply cut green leaves.

Cut back hard after flowering to rejuvenate the foliage. Geranium pratense the meadow crane s bill or meadow geranium is a species of flowering plant in the family geraniaceae native to europe and asia. Meadow cranesbill and its hardy geranium relatives generally carry their flowers singly or in very loose clusters at the tops of the stems. Chalkier soils produce a richer blue.

In northern finland it also arrived with german soldiers provisions during wwii. When the petals drop the resulting seed capsules bears a resemblance to a crane s head and bill giving rise to the common and latin genus names.