Geranium Sabani Blue

The Perennial Geranium 'Sabani Blue' is a fantastic novelty that combines many qualities. Its intense purplish-blue flowering, streaked with purple, truly dominates a tuft of exuberant foliage. It is a good hardy perennial, able to withstand all types of soil. It offers an amazing spectacle early in the season and for at least two months, from a young age. It quickly forms an imposing and dense mass, with sturdy foliage. A plant with an intrepid and generous character, suitable for all gardens.

Geranium 'Sabani Blue' belongs to the Geraniaceae family. It is a recently obtained hybrid in Scotland, resulting from the cross-breeding of Geranium ibericum and Geranium libani. Its two parents have passed on their ground-covering character, floribundity, and resistance to difficult conditions. 'Sabani Blue' has a bushy tufted habit, wider than it is tall, 50 cm (20in) in height with a spread that will increase over time due to its rapid growth. It blooms from a young age, starting in May, for at least two months and sometimes until September. At the top of branched stems, the flowers appear in dense clusters. The corolla, with a diameter of 20 to 25 mm (1in), is purplish-blue with a white spot in the center, and the petals are marked with fine purple veins, with the dark anthers standing out. The foliage is semi-evergreen, composed of large lobed and toothed leaves, bluish-green in color, almost all along the sturdy and hairy stems.

Like many other perennial geraniums, 'Sabani Blue' is a superb and very useful plant, providing nectar and pollen for numerous insects such as butterflies, bees, bumblebees, etc. It is an ideal variety for a cottage garden, in borders, along pathways, even on difficult slopes. It will quickly add a colourful touch to simple perennial beds. It will also be a good companion for columbines, peonies, lupines, bellflowers, poppies, and other tall daisies.