{"id":3318,"date":"2013-05-17T05:56:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T12:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3318"},"modified":"2013-05-15T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-15T18:20:09","slug":"black-geranium-cranesbill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/black-geranium-cranesbill\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Geranium Cranesbill"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are not many totally black flowered plants but this geranium gives a good impression.
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Geranium phaeum<\/strong> is called ‘the mourning widow’ because the late spring flowers are dark maroon often sold as black. I am in mourning because the plant has been more trouble than it is worth in my garden and this morning I dug out what I hope will be the last surviving specimen. This plant grows well in shady places but the flowers I got were meager to paltry. Despite this poor flowering it managed to self sow in the most amazing places usually in the best sunny spots.
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\nGeranium or Cranesbill<\/strong>
\nI am also underwhelmed by the blue striped Geranium ‘Splish Splash’<\/strong> which flowered well in the first year but the colour has gone very pale thereafter. Is it my soil? Well I don’t know but this is its last summer and it will join Geranium phaeum on the compost heap if it doesn’t frame.<\/p>\n

There are better ‘cranesbill’ and hebaceous geraniums to plant in your garden so don’t be put off by my experiences. See earlier post<\/a>
\nThere are annual, biannual and perennial Geraniums like the black Geranium phaeum. Some are content to flower once per year others bring out several flushes
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\nNational collections<\/strong> are held at Cambridge University Botanic Garden, New House Barn Ilminster, www.hardygeraniums.com<\/a> and Frosterley House Durham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are not many totally black flowered plants but this geranium gives a good impression. Geranium phaeum is called ‘the mourning widow’ because the late spring flowers are dark maroon often sold as black. I am in mourning because the plant has been more trouble than it is worth in my garden and this morning I dug out what I hope will be the last surviving specimen. This plant grows well in shady places but the flowers I got were…<\/p>\n

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