Erodium 'Spanish Eyes'
Hybrid Storks Bill
- Height × spread
- 0.25m × 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
A spreading mound of dissected green leaves produces long green flowering stalks that carry delightful rounded 'geranium' flowers for a long season from May. It may even have the odd flower during December. The flowers are carried in small groups and are individually showy. They are coloured a light pink-purple with near-magenta rays leading to deep maroon blotches at the petal base. Ochre tipped stamens dance at its heart. A pretty form suited to well drained sunny positions in gravel gardens, raised beds or rock gardens. It can even be used in front-of-border positions, provided it is not overwhelmed. This should survive most winters, but can be brought into a cool greenhouse in colder places.
- Flower colour
- Pink
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.25m
- Spread
- 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Flowers in
- Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Ground cover
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
Summer
Summer - early · Outdoors
Feed a general fertiliser
Where plants have moderate needs for nutrients, they can simply be given a general feed, fairly early in the growth season so that the growth has plenty of time to harden off before the cold weather.
Give plants a general boost with the application of a general purpose fertiliser which is spread around the root area of the plant, with amounts as directed on the feed label.
Found in
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