Meadow Cranesbill 'Striatum (Splish Splash)' (Geranium pratense)

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TwinLakesChef OC, CA & Twin Lakes , IA(Zone 4b) Jun 10, 2004

Meadow Cranesbill 'Striatum (Splish Splash)'
Geranium pratense

Got this from Green Mountain Transplants last year; it didn't bloom ~this year came back loaded!

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goldenfish Tottori, Japan(Zone 9a) Jun 10, 2004

Wow! I love this very much! I also have this one but your flower's marble effect is clearer than mine. Very beautiful!

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TwinLakesChef OC, CA & Twin Lakes , IA(Zone 4b) Jun 10, 2004

How many years have you had yours?

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goldenfish Tottori, Japan(Zone 9a) Jun 10, 2004

Three years from seed.

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TwinLakesChef OC, CA & Twin Lakes , IA(Zone 4b) Jun 10, 2004

Mine was a small plant from Green Mountain Transplants last year. Guess it is doing pretty good.

It is not a blossom that can be enjoyed from a distance. Mine is in the corner of a raised bed right where we walk to go to our mailbox.

It was getting bad looking around the bottom. Just cut those off and it looks a little better.

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goldenfish Tottori, Japan(Zone 9a) Jun 11, 2004

I think the splashes on petals are differ greatly in individuals. Maybe also related to climate and soil?? Anyway, yours are perfect "splish splash"...! Thank you for sharing.

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rutholive Tonasket, WA(Zone 5a) Jun 12, 2004

I planted Geranium Splish Splash seed several years ago. the blooms are pretty but it is such a pest scattering seeds every where I am constantly pulling them out. Donna

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TwinLakesChef OC, CA & Twin Lakes , IA(Zone 4b) Jun 12, 2004

I have been dead-heading with a scissors to keep it from looking so unruly. But thans for the reminder about seed ~ all the more reason to do more trimming.

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sylvi74 Oak Grove, MN(Zone 4a) Jan 04, 2005

If anyone is still watching this thread, what does this plant like? I've killed two now! The other cranesbills nearby seem fine in the same conditions.

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TwinLakesChef OC, CA & Twin Lakes , IA(Zone 4b) Jan 05, 2005

I haven't done anything special; after it blooms it gets bad looking; so I chopped down to the soil level and over the summer it sent up new fresh looking shoots. It is in a raised bed with well amended soil. Same bed I grew tomato plants in.

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nilly Pittsburgh, PA(Zone 5b) Jan 19, 2011

HEY!

Somebody SHARE some of that seed!

:D

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