Geranium sanguineum Vision Pink seeds - Bloody cranesbill

The seeds of Blood Cranesbill or Geranium sanguineum 'Vision Pink' allow you to abundantly and easily flower your garden from May to October with a soft and bright flowering. The small flowers are light pink with darker veins, and cover semi-evergreen, finely cut foliage. These easy, hardy plants settle as ground cover in rockeries, borders, and pots.

The perennial Geranium belongs to the Geraniaceae family. The 'Vision Pink' selection comes from Geranium sanguineum, native to Europe and Turkey. Growing quite slowly, 'Vision Pink' forms a spreading clump of 25 to 30 cm in height, sometimes more, and slowly spreads by its rhizomes in a carpet of 40 cm in diameter or even more. Its beautiful light pink flowers renew from May to July, then again in autumn. The fruits are extended by a long beak, reminiscent of a crane's beak (hence its name). The foliage is semi-evergreen, taking on marked red hues in autumn and winter. Its leaves are deeply cut and hairy and measure from 5 to 10 cm in length.

Geranium sanguineum, often found in the wild on stony soils, proves to be surprisingly versatile in the garden and adapts to all types of soils and exposures. It is particularly valuable at the edge of woodlands, where competition from shrub roots does not affect it. It also thrives in sunny rockeries, on wild slopes, or in dry shade undergrowth, accompanied by Epimedium, periwinkles, or dead nettles. This geranium also finds a place in the crevices of walls, where it adds a natural and colourful touch. Easy to live with, it readily self-seeds, although sometimes in a slightly variable manner, amidst other ground cover perennials like thyme, Caucasian rock cress, or woolly wormwood, thus enriching the plant variety in a garden.