(Hybrid Ashy Cranesbill)

The hardy Ashy Cranesbill is a low-growing perennial native to the Pyrenees Mountains, which divide Spain and France. It is a very pretty mound-forming perennial that offers five-petaled purple or lavender-pink flowers from late spring to early summer.

The leaves of this hardy plant are palm-shaped, deeply lobed and soft gray-green. They form a nice mound in spring. Its blooms are cup-shaped and produced just above the foliage singly or in loose groups of three or four. They are commonly pink...

(Ashy Cranesbill)

The hardy Ashy Cranesbill is a low-growing perennial native to the Pyrenees Mountains, which divide Spain and France. It is a very pretty mound-forming perennial that offers five-petaled purple or lavender-pink flowers from late spring to early summer.

The leaves of this hardy plant are palm-shaped, deeply lobed and soft gray-green. They form a nice mound in spring. Its blooms are cup-shaped and produced just above the foliage singly or in loose groups of three or four. They are commonly pink...

(Clark's Cranesbill)

In early summer, Clark's cranesbill becomes blanketed with lovely flowers that come in shades of white, pink or violet-purple. This mound-forming herbaceous perennial has lovely ferny green leaves and spreads by rhizomes. It is native to the intermountain meadows of the Kashmir region, which includes Pakistan, Nepal, China and India.

The long-stemmed leaves are rounded, dark green and have seven prominent lobes with jagged edges. In late spring and early summer, tall branched stems hold the pretty...

(Clark's Cranesbill, Kashmir White Cranesbill)

The delicate, white flowers of 'Kashmir White' rise above a mass of coarse, ferny green leaves. In early summer, it becomes blanketed with blooms. This mound-forming herbaceous perennial spreads by rhizomes and forms a substantial clump over time. Geranium clarkei originates from the intermountain meadows of the Kashmir region, which includes Pakistan, Nepal, China and India.

Its ferny leaves are long-stemmed, rounded, dark green and have seven prominent lobes with jagged edges. In...

(Dalmation Cranesbill)

A low cushion of dainty foliage topped by showy pink flowers in late spring and early summer make Dalmatian cranesbill great for rock gardens and as a frontal plant. A semi-evergreen perennial that spreads slowly to form a dense clump of small lobed glossy-green leaves, this native of the Balkans bears its small, delicate, five-petaled, pink flowers on short stems that stand clear of the foliage. Ranging from light to bright pink, the flowers have red anthers and a central beak-shaped seed pod. The...

(Endress's Cranesbill)

Pretty silvery-pink flowers stand above the semi-glossy green leaves of this medium-sized from late spring to midsummer. A somewhat lax, clumping, mound-shaped, nearly evergreen perennial that spreads vigorously by long creeping rhizomes, it hails from the Pyrennes Mountains of France and Spain. The five-petaled, funnel-shaped flowers have a central beak-shaped seedpod. The flower stems and leaf petioles are fuzzy. The light- to medium-green leaves are usually five-lobed and have small jagged teeth...

(Himayalan Cranesbill, Lilac Geranium)

Boasting perhaps the largest flowers of any hardy geranium, this small to medium-sized perennial from the Himalayas bears its violet-blue, red-veined blooms in late spring and early summer. The five-petaled, saucer-shaped flowers have a white eye and a central beak-shaped seedpod. Plants expand by underground rhizomes to form spreading clumps of large, deeply cut leaves that turn red-orange in autumn's cold.

Grow Himalayan cranesbill in full to partial sun in any average garden soil that is...

(Gravetye Himalayan Cranesbill, Gravetye Lilac Geranium)

Boasting perhaps the largest flowers of any hardy geranium, this small to medium-sized perennial from the Himalayas bears its violet-blue, red-veined blooms in late spring and early summer. The five-petaled, saucer-shaped flowers have a white eye and a central beak-shaped seedpod. Plants expand by underground rhizomes to form spreading clumps of large, deeply cut leaves that turn red-orange in autumn's cold.

Grow Himalayan cranesbill in full to partial sun in any average garden soil that is...

(Rock Cranesbill)

Native to southern Europe, this low, spreading herbaceous perennial bears pink, purple, magenta, or white shallow-cupped flowers in spring and early summer. Its fragrant, fuzzy, sticky, lobed leaves are apple-green, turning bronze-red in fall. Numerous cultivars have been selected.

This plant prefers moist, well drained soil in sun or partial shade, and will tolerate some drought. Use it in the border or as a groundcover.

(Rock Cranesbill, White Rock Cranesbill)

Native to southern Europe, white rock cranesbill is a low, spreading herbaceous perennial. It bears white shallow-cupped flowers, each with contrasting a pink calyx and long anthers and stamens, in spring and early summer. Its fragrant, fuzzy, sticky, lobed leaves are apple-green, turning bronze-red in fall.

Rock cranesbill prefer moist, well drained soil in sun or partial shade, and will tolerate some drought. Use it in the border or as a groundcover.