Botanical Name: Erodium reichardii
Common Name: Cranesbill
Type of Plant: dicot: groundcover
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape dense, tufting groundcover with a low, spreading form – tiny pink flowers are held above foliage
Height 3-6"
Spread 10-12"
Growth Rate slow
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun to partial shade
Soil needs a well-drained soil
Hardiness some frost (zones 7-9, 14-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves round-ovate, to 3/8" across, more or less cordate, crenate margins on long petioles
Flowers pink to lavender with rose veins--1/2" across 5-lobed – solitary
Fruit 5-celled long-beaked carpel
 
Propagation:
division of clumps
 
Usage:
good small-scale groundcover, rock garden filler, container groundcover. Slow to establish, sometimes planted with other low groundcovers (Isotoma, Solierolia, Herniaria)
 
Landscape Care:
Watering needs regular watering – increased watering required in hot sunny areas
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning pinch off dead flowers
Pests/Diseases none
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Mediterranean islands
Family: Geraniaceae

Notes:
 
PDF
Your pictures go here