These lovely little flowers are a type of geranium known as “bloody crane’s bill” – a very unattractive name for a very attractive flower.
They are about 20 cm (8 inches) tall and grow in a very wide spread, so they make excellent ground cover.
Geraniums are very hardy and very pretty, too.
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Beautiful. Happy Thursday!
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Thank you, Benjamin. 🙂
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Welcome! 🙂
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A very pretty plant. I have one of these in my back border. Happy Thursday Lynette. Allan
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Thanks, Allan. You should give us a photographic tour of your yard some time. Cheers.
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Just home after a month away. It has been raining for a day (YAY!). Once it stops and I get my yardwork done, I will take your suggestion gladly. My son planted my tomatoes and cut the lawn, so, it is looking pretty darn amazing.
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Good to hear that you got rain!! Looking forward to that tour. 🙂
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There must be a story behind that name because–you’re right–that’s a beautiful flower.
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I just looked up the name and found out that it comes from the shape of the seed pod and colour of the flower. Here’s a link. https://www.first-nature.com/flowers/geranium-sanguineum.php#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20reference%20to,capsules%2C%20which%20turn%20bright%20red.
Seems like the name is really old. Cheers.
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Whoever named this flower must have been bored! Interesting article.
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Agreed! Or maybe trying to be ridiculously grand. 😉
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These are exquisite and love the ‘meadow’ of these tiny geraniums!
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One of our parks has a huge garden bed of these. Coming upon them is just so delightful; such a lovely surprise.
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My maternal grandmother always grew Geraniums.
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They seem to have fallen out of fashion lately. It’s nice to see them making a comeback. Cheers.
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I have both taller and smaller versions of these. I may post them some time in the future.
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I hope you do. There are many variations, I believe. Cheers.
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A useful plant to have in the garden. We have a couple of varieties of cranesbill and they do well in our clay heavy soil.
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Agreed. They are very pretty and seem to be very tolerant of poorer growing conditions. Our summers here can get very hot (35-40C isn’t uncommon), and they seem to be doing well in the public park where I saw them. Cheers.
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I wonder how it got that name as “bloody crane’s bill”. I agree that it’s not very fitting for such a pretty flower.
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It’s apparently because of the shape of the seed pod and also because it’s red, although the ones I saw weren’t red! Here’s a site I found with info about them: https://www.first-nature.com/flowers/geranium-sanguineum.php#:~:text=It%20is%20a%20reference%20to,capsules%2C%20which%20turn%20bright%20red
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Interesting. Thanks for sharing the link.
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🙂
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