Geranium macrorrhizum Spessart

Excellent shade-loving ground cover, Geranium macrorrhizum 'Spessart' is THE plant that every enthusiast should have in their garden due to its ease of cultivation in all regions, and the invaluable services it provides in suppressing weeds, both in shade and in full sun.

The creeping rhizomatous stump bears evergreen, villous and palmate leaves, strongly aromatic, of variable green, embellished with superb autumnal colourations in red or orange, which persist throughout the winter.

The flowers are white, with pale pink tinges. It grows very well in the shade at the base of trees or on slopes, and naturalises quickly. It is one of the few plants capable of competing with ivy in the undergrowth.