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Geranium incanum

Geranium incanum

GERANIUM incanum

Blooms Summer
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Common Name(s)
Crane's Bill
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs)
Perennial Zones
8, 9, 10
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
1'–2'
Max Spread
Over 24"
Garden Design Role
Edging
Bloom Season
Summer
Lifespan
Perennial
Growing Habit
Mounding, Bushy, Clumping
Drought Resistance
Moderate drought resistance
Bloom Color
Pink
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Green
Themes
Pretty in Pink, Pastel
Genus
Geranium
Family
Geraniaceae
Ship Size
4"

Geranium incanum (Crane's Bill) spreads a low, feathery carpet of finely divided leaves — green above, silver beneath — scattered all season with small five-petaled flowers in pink, mauve and blue-purple, each one pencilled with darker veins. It ships as a live 4-inch plant.

A South African perennial with a scrambling habit, it is the answer to a hot bank, a gravel garden, or the front edge of a bed that needs something softer than a hard line. It threads between larger plants without bullying them, tumbles over the rim of a pot, and once settled it asks for very little water. Trim it after the main flush if you want a denser mound.

Fun fact: The name crane's bill describes the seed capsule, not the flower — it dries into a long, tapering beak, and geranos is simply Greek for crane.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs)
  • Water: Let dry
  • Mature Size: 1'–2' tall × over 24" wide
  • Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zones 9–11 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Hardiness Zones: 9–11
  • Attracts: Bees

Healthy arrival is guaranteed — if it turns up looking sorry for itself, we replace it free.