Marsh Cranesbill

Marsh Cranesbill Care

Geranium Palustre

Other names: Marsh Crane's-bill

What is the plant

Perennial herb with recumbent or ascending stem. Basal leaves 5-12 cm wide on hairy petioles up to 20 cm long, few and disappearing early, hairy on both surfaces, divided into 7 parts. Stem up to 30-70 cm tall, hairy, with long internodes, thickened at the nodes, branched. Stem leaves three-five-, lower sometimes seven-parted, finger-shaped, lower with smaller, and upper - with large teeth on the edge of the leaf blade, almost sessile. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, dark red-brown.The flowers are large, up to 3 cm wide. Calyx 5-7-parted, bristly, sepals twice smaller than the petals.

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Humidity

High

Lighting

Part Sun

Temperature

-20°C - 14°C

Hardiness zone

6a - 11

Difficulty

Easy

How to Care for the Plant

Water
With annual geraniums, check soil weekly, and water when the top inch is dry. Keep newly planted perennial geraniums in consistently moist soil during the first growing season. Once perennial geraniums are established, they can usually survive on rainfall, except during severe drought.They tolerate drought and soil should be allowed to dry out to the touch between waterings.
Pruning
In order to keep a geranium compact and bushy and prevent it from getting leggy, it needs to be pruned hard at least once a year. The more regularly you prune your geranium, the better able a geranium is able to keep a pleasing shape.
Fertilizer
To keep Geraniums growing and flowering all summer, we recommend that you water with a balanced, water-soluble fertilizer (such as 20-20-20), mixed and applied as directed.

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Sunlight
Geraniums are a sun loving plant that need 4-6 hours of full sun a day, or perhaps longer in somewhat filtered light. South and west exposures are usually best.
Soil
Geraniums grow well in most garden soil as long as it drains well. Loam soil, which has a loose, crumbly texture and is high in organic matter, results in the best growth but the geraniums can also grow in poorer soils. The plants perform best when soil pH is near 6.5, and they grow poorly if the pH is below 5.5.
Temperature
Cultivars of the geranium species typically available at garden centers and nurseries grow best in daytime temperatures between 65 (18 °C) to 75 F (23 °C) and nighttime temperatures between 50 t(10°C) to 60 F (15 °C).

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Container
If you're planting geraniums into containers, use a pot that's at least 10 inches across for annual geraniums, or at least 12 inches across for perennial geraniums.
Additional
All parts of geraniums are poisonous to both dogs and cats. Also present in summer. Hyacinth: (Hyacinthus orientalis) The bulbs are poisonous to both cats and dogs.
Popularity
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