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How to Grow and Care for Bigroot geranium

Bigroot geranium, also known as Rock crane's-bill, Italian geranium, Bulgarian geranium, Bevan's Variety, Ingwersen's Variety

Bigroot geranium is known for its adaptability and resilience, making it an easy-to-care-for plant suitable for gardeners of all levels. Key care needs include well-draining soil and moderate watering, ensuring the soil doesn't remain soggy. Special care points involve tolerance to partial shade but bigroot geranium thrives in full sun, leading to more vigorous growth and better flowering. Occasional deadheading promotes additional blooms and prevents self-seeding. Simple maintenance needs and forgiving nature classify bigroot geranium as a low-maintenance perennial.

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Watering schedule: Every week

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Sunlight Requirements: Full sun

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Planting and Growing Bigroot geranium

ToughnessHigh
Care LevelMedium
Care DifficultyEasy
LifespanPerennial
Watering ScheduleEvery week
Sunlight RequirementsFull sun
Soil TypeGarden Soil
Soil pH6-7
Planting TimeSpring
Hardiness Zones
4-9
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Varieties of Bigroot geranium
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Bigroot geranium 'Album'

Bigroot geranium 'Album' is a tough and hardy variant of bigroot geranium, which are also sometimes known as Bulgarian Geraniums or Rock Cranesbills. This cultivar produces white flowers and is therefore known by the name ‘album’, Latin for ‘white.’ It grows 20 to 30 cm tall but spreads 38 to 46 cm, so gardeners find it useful for ground cover.

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Bigroot geranium 'Czakor'

Bigroot geranium 'Czakor' is a geranium with standout deep magenta flowers that are intensely fragrant. Typically, B group geraniums have paler pink-colored flowers. Gardeners like this cultivar as it's a hardy rhizome that spreads rapidly and requires very little maintenance. It is named Czakor or ‘choker’ since it forms dense mats of foliage.

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Bigroot geranium 'Bevan's Variety'

Bigroot geranium 'Bevan's Variety' is a Bigfoot geranium cultivar known to be more shade-tolerant than its parent plant. It was also selected to have deep-magenta flowers that appear in the late spring and last throughout the entire summer. This cultivar is prized among gardeners as an excellent groundcover for shady areas.

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Bigroot geranium 'White'

A cultivar of Geranium, bigroot geranium 'White' is notable on account of its robust evergreen foliage and pure white flowers, said to give the plant an appealingly "fresh" appearance. Gardeners like this plant as it is adaptable and thrives in sunlight, therefore it's a good choice for beginners.

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Bigroot geranium 'Ingeren's Variety'

Bigroot geranium 'Ingeren's Variety' is a flowering ground cover that suppresses undesirable weeds. Discovered by Walter Ingwersen in 1929, the bigroot geranium 'Ingeren's Variety' is his namesake. In 1993, it won the Award of Garden Merit for its long flowering season, attracting pollinators, and ease in growing. Gardeners may be also interested in planting the bigroot geranium 'Ingeren's Variety' for its vibrant fall foliage and fragrance.

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