New Hampshire Purple Geranium is a low-mounding evergreen perennial with trailing stems holding deeply lobed green foliage that turns red after the first frost. Masses of deep purple magenta flowers bloom in late spring and sporadically through summer. Flowers best in part shade and moist, well-drained soils.
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Origins: |
Europe and temperate Asia |
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Height: |
0.5' - 1' |
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Spread: |
1' - 1.5’ |
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Spacing: |
1.5’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
3 - 9 |
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Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Purple |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Can tolerate full sun if soils kept consistently moist, otherwise will experience decline in hot summers. Lightly sheared back after flowering to revitalize the plant if declined. Some susceptibility to leaf spots and rusts
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Coneflower, Blanket Flower, Blue Fescue
IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Geranium sanguineum New Hampshire Purple 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Randi Hausken, Geranium sanguineum (7346259584), CC BY-SA 2.0, (3) Acabashi, Bloody Crane's-bill Geranium sanguineum Harlow Museum & Walled Gardens, Essex, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
