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Hardy geraniums: the 10 best whites
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Hardy geraniums: the 10 best whites

Discover our favourite varieties

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Modified the Tuesday, 5 August 2025  by Alexandra 3 min.

Hardy geraniums are easy-to-grow plants that charm us with their delicate flowering, often in shades of blue or mauve, but sometimes also white… The varieties with white flowers have a very elegant side and easily accompany other flowerings. It is a pure shade, easy to combine, that will brighten the darkest or shadiest borders. Discover the best varieties, suitable for sun or shade. And be surprised by the original flowerings of some of them!

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For the sun

Geranium sanguineum Album

Geranium sanguineum Album

Geranium sanguineum 'Album' offers a remarkable flowering of pure white, beautifully highlighted by leaves of a lovely dark green. Its superb foliage, fine and cut, takes on beautiful colours in autumn. It is an excellent border plant. It grows easily, even in poor soil!
  • Flowering time July to October
  • Height at maturity 25 cm
Geranium renardii

Geranium renardii

Choose this geranium for its superb grey-green and downy foliage! It forms an original ground cover, with crinkled and semi-evergreen leaves. At the end of spring, it bears beautiful white flowers marked with purple veins for about a month. Unfussy, it thrives in rather dry and poor soil.
  • Flowering time July, August
  • Height at maturity 30 cm

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For shade

Geranium nodosum Silverwood

Geranium nodosum Silverwood

This is THE geranium for shady situations! With its natural and wild aspect, it fits perfectly into a woodland garden, in dry or moist soil! It bears beautiful pure white flowers that stand out against its superb tender green and shiny foliage.
  • Flowering time July to October
  • Height at maturity 35 cm
Geranium richardsonii

Geranium richardsonii

A botanical species native to North America, quite robust, that forms a good ground cover, to be planted in rather moist soil. It has beautiful finely cut, semi-evergreen foliage, and a delicate white flowering veined with purple. We love it for its natural aspect!
  • Flowering time July to October
  • Height at maturity 35 cm
Geranium sylvaticum Album

Geranium sylvaticum Album

Woodland geranium thrives in partial shade or shade. In spring, it bears pure white flowers that stand out against its superb finely cut foliage.
  • Flowering time June, July
  • Height at maturity 60 cm

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Geranium cantabrigiense collection
Geranium cantabrigiense collection
122
15,90 € -19%
Duo of Pink and White Erodiums
Duo of Pink and White Erodiums
53
9,90 € -16%
Géranium vivace Orion
Geranium Orion
Value-for-money
41
From 3,90 € • 8/9 cm pot

Available in 3 sizes

Collection 4 géraniums vivaces sanguineum
Collection of 4 perennial geraniums 'sa…
Out of stock
18,60 €
Géranium vivace Brookside - Géranium vivace hybride bleu
Geranium Brookside
30
From 3,90 € • 8/9 cm pot

Available in 3 sizes

Collection Géraniums Vivaces Ombre Sèche
Selection of Geranium macrorrhizum - Dry Sha…
Value-for-money
Out of stock
33,40 €
Collection Geraniums Vivaces Blanc Bleu
Blue and White Perennial Geranium Collection
Out of stock
39,40 €
Géranium vivace wlassovianum - Géranium rose pourpre
Geranium wlassovianum
Not to be missed!
23
From 6,90 € • 8/9 cm pot
Géranium vivace sanguineum striatum
Geranium sanguineum var. striatum
Low price
Out of stock
From 2,90 € • 7/8 cm pot

Available in 2 sizes

Collection Géraniums de rocaille
Rockery Geraniums Collection
Out of stock
43,40 €
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For their originality!

Geranium pratense Black n white Army

Geranium pratense Black n white Army

This original geranium is the variety to choose for enjoying dark foliage, which contrasts beautifully with the light flowering. It has very dark purple foliage that nicely highlights the white flowers. It will thrive in the sun and adapts well to pot cultivation.
  • Flowering time July to September
  • Height at maturity 35 cm
Geranium pratense Plenum Album

Geranium pratense Plenum Album

The geranium 'Plenum Album' is THE variety with double flowers! It is appreciated for its original flowering, white veined with rose-violet in the centre. Its semi-evergreen leaves take on beautiful colours in autumn.
  • Flowering time July to September
  • Height at maturity 50 cm
Geranium pratense Splish Splash

Geranium pratense Splish Splash

The geranium 'Splish Splash' will charm you with its maculate blue-mauve flowers! It offers a fascinating and rare flowering, as if splashed with paint spots. It will thrive in the sun.
  • Flowering time July to September
  • Height at maturity 50 cm

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The best ground covers

Geranium macrorrhizum Spessart

Geranium macrorrhizum Spessart

Excellent ground cover, Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart' grows easily and adapts to all types of situations. It tolerates sunny or shady conditions and forms a vigorous clump that bears delicate, pinkish-white flowers. Its semi-evergreen foliage turns orange-red in autumn.
  • Flowering time June, July
  • Height at maturity 30 cm
Geranium cantabrigiense Biokovo

Geranium cantabrigiense Biokovo

Undoubtedly the best of the evergreen geraniums, Geranium cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' forms a clump that spreads to create a wide ground cover. It has lovely white flowers delicately tinged with its soft pink stamens. Its foliage takes on beautiful colours in autumn.
  • Flowering time June to August
  • Height at maturity 25 cm

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