Erodium
Stork's bill, Heron's bill
- Height × spread
- 0.01m – 0.5m × 0.2m – 25m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
These are delightful summer plants that are closely related to Geraniums and Pelargoniums. They are generally low growing and forms can be used in rock gardens, alpine beds or in well drained sunny positions in the garden. Some forms are well suited to growing in containers. They have fresh and simple flowers in shades of white, pink, red, purple, and even yellow. All forms are summer flowering.
- Flower colour
- Pink, Violet, White
- Foliage colour
- Blue, Green, Grey
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Cube, Dome, Prostrate
- Height
- 0.01m – 0.5m
- Spread
- 0.2m – 25m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Seaside garden, Rock garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Gravelly soil, Loam (normal), Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil, Drought resistant
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- 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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