Noted for its unusual multicolored blooms, Geranium 'Sweet Heidy' (Cranesbill) is a mounding, spreading perennial with bowl-shaped flowers over a long blooming season. Opening pink, the blossoms turn purple with dark veining and a white center. Blooming from early to late summer, the flowers rise above a neat, dense foliage of deeply cut, lobed leaves. Easy to grow, Geranium 'Sweet Heidy' provides long-lasting color in the garden, as a ground cover or underplanting shrubs and roses. Full shade tolerant.

Dry shade tolerant,Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan's Variety' (Cranesbill) is a strong-growing semi-evergreen perennial forming a dense mat of fragrant, light green foliage. In late spring to early summer, the aromatic, rounded leaves are topped with abundant clusters of crimson-purple flowers, adorned with prominent dark red sepals. Effective at choking weeds, the lush foliage takes on attractive purple tints in the fall, extending the season of interest of this plant. 'Bevan's Variety' creates a slowly spreading carpet and is ideal as a ground cover and underplanting trees or shrubs.

Very fragrant, adaptable and beautiful, Geranium macrorrhizum 'Czakor' (Cranesbill) makes lovely, semi-evergreen groundcover in the garden. This hardy geranium creates a thick mat of fragrant, rounded, light green leaves, topped with abundant clusters of magenta flowers in late spring to early summer. The lush foliage takes on attractive purple tints in the fall, extending the season of interest of this plant. Grows up to 12-18 in. tall (30-45 cm) and 12-24 in. wide (30-60 cm).

Noted for its radiant, bright golden foliage and its abundant blooms of large, magenta-pink cup-shaped flowers with black star-shaped centers all summer long, award-winning Geranium 'Anne Thomson' (Cranesbill) forms a low-spreading mound that brightens the garden with its dazzling color combination. Putting on a great show from late spring to fall, this hardy geranium is reliable, easy to grow and provides long-lasting color. Vigorous, it is a well-behaved weaver which provides a bold presence in the garden. Attractive to butterflies but deer and rabbit resistant!

Hardy and tall, Geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovell' (Dusky Cranesbill) is an exceptionally beautiful geranium with slightly reflexed, dusky purple flowers adorned with a white heart in late spring to early summer and with sporadic rebloom throughout the summer. Elegantly floating above a deeply lobed, bright green foliage, the flowers of this species are among the largest of the Geranium phaeum group with a 1.5 in. diameter (4 cm). Performs best in part shade.

Tough and hardy, Geranium phaeum 'Samobor' (Dusky Cranesbill) is an upright perennial of great beauty with slightly reflexed, maroon flowers adorned with a white heart in late spring to early summer . The blossoms float elegantly above a foliage of deeply lobed, soft green leaves, adorned with a striking chocolate-brown band. A useful geranium that thrives in shady areas of the garden. Plant this stylish plant where its chocolate- splashed leaves can be appreciated. 

A long-flowering variety, Geranium pyrenaicum 'Bill Wallis' (Cranesbill) is a sprawling perennial which produces a great profusion of vivid purple-blue flowers with deeply notched petals. The blossoms are held above the evergreen foliage of small, rounded, lobed leaves. They will keep their bright color and will not fade away if you forget to water them. This Cranesbill is a perfect addition to rock gardens or borders.

A lovely free flowering variety of the sanguineum species, Geranium sanguineum var. striatum (Bloody Cranesbill) is an eye-catching prostrate perennial with soft pink, cup-shaped flowers with darker pink veining, up to 1.5 in. wide (4 cm). Blooming sporadically from late spring to late summer, the elegant blooms rise atop a decorative, compact mound of narrow-lobed dark green leaves, that often turn bronzy-red in fall and add attractive fall color to the landscape. This hardy Geranium is reliable, easy to grow and provides long-lasting color for any garden.

Ideal for the woodland garden, Geranium sylvaticum 'Birch Lilac' (Wood Cranesbill) is an erect herbaceous perennial forming a dense mound of deeply divided green leaves, topped with abundant, saucer-shaped, lilac blossoms adorned with a small white center from late spring to early summer. Flowering best in damp conditions, let it ramble and tumble in with its neighbors beside a pool, stream or in a bog garden!

Ideal for the woodland garden, award-winning Geranium sylvaticum 'Mayflower' (Wood Cranesbill) is one of the best selections for summer foliage. This compact herbaceous perennial forms a dense mound of deeply divided green leaves, topped with abundant and very attractive, rich violet-blue blossoms, 1 in. wide (2.5 cm), adorned with a small white center from late spring to early summer. Flowering best in damp conditions, let it ramble and tumble in with its neighbors beside a pool, stream or in a bog garden!

Native of woodland and meadows, Geranium sylvaticum (Wood Cranesbill) is a medium-sized, deciduous perennial which forms a bushy mound of deeply divided, 7-9 lobed, toothed leaves. In late spring and early summer, bright violet-blue, cup-shaped flowers, adorned with a white center are on display. A classic selection for shade gardens and shrub borders, under fruit and nut trees.

Geranium × cantabrigiense 'Biokovo' (Cranesbill) is a vigorous, semi-evergreen, mat-forming perennial with masses of 5-petaled, very pale pink flowers, 1 in. across (2.5 cm), adorned with contrasting deep pink stamens. Blooming heavily in late spring or early summer, and to a lesser degree in fall when the weather cools, the flowers rise atop a foliage of aromatic, rounded, lobed, dark green leaves which become red-tinged in fall.

Geranium × cantabrigiense 'Karmina' (Cranesbill) is a vigorous, semi-evergreen, mat-forming perennial with masses of 5-petaled, lilac-pink flowers opening from dark red buds. Blooming heavily from late spring to midsummer, the flowers rise atop a foliage of aromatic, rounded, lobed, green leaves which become red-tinged in fall. Its long flowering season makes it ideal for edging or massing as a groundcover.