Geranium - Small Rockery

These are charming petite Geraniums for full sun to partial shade. They are great in the small garden, alpine rockery, in front of the perennial border and in containers.

Erodium manescavii

Zone7. Pyrenees. Height 40cm. (1 1/4') Spread 50cm. (1 1/2'). The flowers are a deep candy pink produced all summer long. They resemble Pelargonium flowers with slight veining and markings on the petals. The coarse carrot-like foliage is held in a tight clump. This is a showy large rockery plant for full sun.

Geranium cinereum 'Ballerina'

Zone 4. Central Pyrenees. Height 15cm. (6") Spread 30cm. (1'). The large flowers are a blush pink with prominent purple veining from spring through summer. This is one of the most popular rockery Geraniums for sun or semi-shade.

Geranium dalmaticum

Zone 4. Yugoslavia, Albania. Height 15cm. (6") Spread 60cm. (1'). The shell pink flowers bloom in spring. It forms a neat compact mound with glossy green foliage. This is one of the most reliable rockery plants for full sun to semi-shade.

Geranium tuberosum

Zone 6. Mediterranean. Height 25cm. (10") Space 25cm. (10"). This is one of the first Geraniums to bloom. The flowers are violet pink with deeply notched petals. The leaves are deeply cut almost palm-like. This plant comes up early in the spring or late winter and goes dormant by summer. It prefers well drained soils in sunny locations.

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Information and photos provided by Rainforest Gardens, Ann Pentland, and Dale Wilkie