Geranium Incanum Carpet Geranium

Geranium incanum is easily propagated from both seed and cuttings.

Geranium incanum carpet geranium.

It is endemic to a narrow coastal stretch in the mainly winter rainfall zone of the southern and eastern cape extending from the cape peninsula in the west to port alfred in the. Cut to the ground every other year to tidy up the clumps. Plant database entry for carpet geranium geranium incanum with 10 images one comment and 18 data details. Geranium incanum to be truthful is a weed but a pretty one.

Geranium incanum carpet geranium this is a tender south african plant that forms bushy 10 inch tall mats of delicate wiry leaves and pale mauve flowers that appear from spring to fall. Geranium incanum is a prolific seed producer and the carpet geranium will show up in the darndest places driveway cracks etc. Geranium incanum is perhaps the most commonly cultivated true geranium in south africa and is an outstanding and reliable garden or container plant in mild climates. The carpet geranium can be used very effectively on banks or as a colourful border plant it is also very attractive when allowed to trail over retaining walls or garden pathways and steps.

Some concern about weedy plants escaping so if your garden is near wildlands maybe this isn t the best choice. Genus geranium can be annuals biennials and perennials herbaceous or evergreen with rounded usually palmately lobed or divided leaves and lax inflorescences of rounded 5 petalled flowers details g. Selected forms such. Gernium incanum carpet geranium a fast growing evergreen shrub grows to about 2 feet tall needs full shade to full sun need little water has purple flowers in the spring can be invasive landscape use.