Geranium cinereum
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Geranium cinereum is a small, semi-evergreen perennial plant
usually grown for low ground cover or in rockeries.
They generally grow to 15cm in height with a spread of 30cm. Leaves
are deeply divided and grey-green. It flowers in summer, with striking black-eyed flower
s with black stamen
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The plant grows in full sunlight, and is considered "semi" hard.
This plant has been given a Royal Horticultural Society
Award of Garden Merit
.
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
usually grown for low ground cover or in rockeries.
They generally grow to 15cm in height with a spread of 30cm. Leaves
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....
are deeply divided and grey-green. It flowers in summer, with striking black-eyed flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
s with black stamen
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
s.
The plant grows in full sunlight, and is considered "semi" hard.
This plant has been given a Royal Horticultural Society
Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society was founded in 1804 in London, England as the Horticultural Society of London, and gained its present name in a Royal Charter granted in 1861 by Prince Albert...
Award of Garden Merit
Award of Garden Merit
The Award of Garden Merit, or AGM, is an award made to garden plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society after a period of assessment by the appropriate committees of the Society...
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