Geranium Incanum Carpet Geranium

Trim plants after bloom flush to prevent seeding.

Geranium incanum carpet geranium.

It is also equally useful in mixed borders pots or hanging baskets. Geranium incanum is a prolific seed producer and the carpet geranium will show up in the darndest places driveway cracks etc. Geranium incanum is perhaps the most commonly cultivated true geranium in south africa and is an outstanding and reliable garden or container plant in mild climates. Selected forms such.

The carpet geranium can be used very effectively on banks or as a colourful border plant it is also very attractive when allowed to trail over retaining walls or garden pathways and steps. Cut to the ground every other year to tidy up the clumps. Geranium incanum to be truthful is a weed but a pretty one. Incanum is a bushy clump forming species with semi evergreen finely divided aromatic leaves.

Genus geranium can be annuals biennials and perennials herbaceous or evergreen with rounded usually palmately lobed or divided leaves and lax inflorescences of rounded 5 petalled flowers details g. Geranium incanum is easily propagated from both seed and cuttings. Gernium incanum carpet geranium a fast growing evergreen shrub grows to about 2 feet tall needs full shade to full sun need little water has purple flowers in the spring can be invasive landscape use. Some concern about weedy plants escaping so if your garden is near wildlands maybe this isn t the best choice.