Geranium, Cranesbill, Hardy Geranium, Wallich Geranium 'Buxton's Variety'

I grew mine 8 or 9 years ago, from Thompson & Morgan seeds. It grew and reseeded itself (sparingly, but it crossed the walkway). It is ...Read Morein an area shaded by a tall fence and some trees.

It may be called Buxton Blue, but mine was pink until this year, and now it is blue. That may be due to the weather; an extremely hot summer (southeast Michigan, USA) followed by much cooler days.

I would like to plant some in the sunny side of the yard, so I just collected some seed pods, but I will also try to find some seeds from somewhere else.

Blue or pink or in-between, this is a plant that is good to have.
Note: I tried to transplant some, but it did not work.

A good plant, one of the putative parents of G. x 'Rozanne'.

But the RHS has withdrawn its Award of Garden Merit from thi...Read Mores plant, on the grounds that 'Rozanne' has superseded it.

Raised by E. C. Buxton in North Wales in the 1920's.

I have been happily surprised by this plant, having heard little about it compared to all what is said about newer cultivars.
Thi...Read Mores plant is a sprawler, wonderfully intemingling with its neighbors. Mine is growing with coreopsis verticilla "Moonbeam" and salvia "Maynight".
It truly blooms most of the summer with fairly large flowers that are lavender blue fading into white a center.