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found by the belgian nurseryman Geert Vandewalle and named after his daughter. He start selling around 2000 (wholesale) , without taking plant breeders rights. Now it is a plant ,that every nursery has worldwide !!! Everyone should know this story , it is one of the most spectacular Geraniums!
"Geranium sanguineum, 2015, Bloody Cranesbill, jur-AY-nee-um, 12-18 in Perennial, Z5, magenta-pink , Bloom Month 6a, In Bed BZ for 0.0 years
Bloody Cranesbill’ is the species plant that many cultivars originate from. It is a British native wildflower. Leaves are more deeply cut than other hardy geraniums. Spreading rhizomatous perennial."
Geranium pratense?, Untersberg Mountain, Berchtesgaden Alps, SW of Salzburg, border of Austria and Germany, 14 Jul 2014.
Geranium maculatum
Found this white geranium growing among the normal purple ones.
Rock Bridge Memorial State Park
Columbia, Missouri
Hocking Hills, Ohio
Near Ash Cave
May
Wild Geranium, or Spotted Cranesbill
Geranium maculatum
Flower: Lavender, solitary or in clusters of 2-5, 1"+ wide. Sepals 5, pointed; petals 5, rounded, separate; stamens 10; pistil 1.
Leaves: Leaves: 4-5" wide; gray-green, cut into deeply toothed palmate lobes, the lower leaves long-stalked.
Height: Height: 1-2'.
Habitat: Woods and meadows
Blooms: April-June.
The common name cranesbill, as well as the genus name, from the Greek geranos ("a crane"), relate to the bill-like fruits.