The Geranium ‘Sanguineum Album’, Geranium sanguineum, produces pastel blooms. With its beautiful dark green foliage, it has a plant width of 18-23” and a height of 6-8”. ‘Sanguineum Album’ Geranium needs to be cut back in early summer for repeat bloom time in the fall. ‘Sanguineum Album’ Geranium, being drought tolerant, needs a full sun area with some shade in the afternoon. For best results, plant in a dry to moist area in a well-drained site.
The Geranium family is well known for its stunning fall colors that include reds, oranges, and yellows. It is a superb plant for cottage gardens, container growing, borders, rock gardens, shade gardens or informal borders in mass plantings. There is an attraction to bees and butterflies and it is very disease and deer resistant.