Geranium, Cranesbill, Hardy Geranium 'Butterfly Kisses'

Bright pink-purple-magenta flowers, with deeper colored veins radiating from the center. In the Chicago Botanic Garden geranium trials, t...Read Morehis one was singled out for its prolific bloom from September till frost. In Chicago, its bloom begins a week after that of G. soboliferum "Starman". It develops good orange-red fall foliage in October.

Needs well drained soil. May benefit from afternoon shade in hot summer climates (such as eastern North America).

This is commonly listed as a cultivar of creeping geranium (Geranium soboliferum), but it differs from the species in its size and season of bloom, and in Chicago it was apparently a much better performer. I suspect that it may be a hybrid.

Recently introduced by Intrinsic Perennial Gardens, Hebron, IL.