Perennial Geraniums: The Best Ground Cover Plants

For the sun

Geranium Rozanne

With its long and abundant flowering, the Geranium 'Rozanne' is one of the finest varieties! It produces striking blue-mauve flowers with white centres. It is not running, its stump stays in place and its long stems spread widely over the ground.

• Flowering time July to November
• Height at maturity 25 cm

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Geranium riversleaianum Russell Prichard

This geranium offers long-lasting flowering in pink with darker veins. It has beautiful silvery-green foliage and tolerates drought reasonably well... And it's evergreen!

• Flowering time July to December
• Height at maturity 25 cm

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Geranium dalmaticum Bressingham Pink

This geranium forms a small tapetum that spreads slowly and becomes covered in soft pink flowers in summer. It will thrive in rockeries! Its leaves display beautiful autumn hues and remain evergreen in winter in mild climate regions.

• Flowering time July to September
• Height at maturity 15 cm

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For shade

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The evergreen varieties

Geranium cantabrigiense Biokovo

This is a semi-evergreen geranium that spreads via its stolons. It offers a long flowering period with compound white flowers featuring pink stamens. Its aromatic leaves turn red in autumn.

• Flowering time June to August
• Height at maturity 25 cm

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Geranium endressii - Endres cranesbill

This geranium spreads quickly thanks to its rootstock. It flowers for a long time, bearing pink flowers and semi-evergreen foliage. The soil must remain moist as it cannot tolerate drought. It thrives in all exposures, from full sun to shade.

• Flowering time July to October
• Height at maturity 40 cm

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Geranium macrorrhizum Spessart

This is an excellent ground cover plant, capable of covering large areas. It remains evergreen in mild climates. It can tolerate dry soils and produces beautiful white-pink flowers.

• Flowering time June, July
• Height at maturity 30 cm

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Flowering ground cover plants with blue flowers

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Flowering ground covers with pink flowers

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