{"product_id":"geranium-palmatum","title":"Geranium palmatum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeranium palmatum\u003c\/strong\u003e is the exotic gardener's cranesbill: a Madeiran species that builds a lush, evergreen rosette of big, glossy, palm-cut leaves worthy of a fern gully, then sends up a metre-wide constellation of purple-pink flowers on red-flushed stems through early and mid summer. Bees work it from dawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt offers most of the drama of the legendary \u003ca href=\"\/products\/geranium-maderense\"\u003eGeranium maderense\u003c\/a\u003e with far more resilience: rated H3, to around -7C with drainage, and unlike its cousin it survives flowering to repeat the show, while a scatter of self-sown seedlings keeps the succession going for free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e sun or partial shade, sheltered.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e free-draining, reasonably fertile; dry winters, easy summers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e rosette to 60 cm; flowering plants to around 1.2 m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e H3, around -7C; seedlings insure colder gardens.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow it at a wall base or mid-\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border\u003c\/a\u003e where the rosette shows all winter, or in a generous pot among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003eplants for pots\u003c\/a\u003e. It earns its keep with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pollinators\"\u003epollinators\u003c\/a\u003e and belongs in every collection of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNursery-grown rosettes ready to establish. Winter honesty in our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003eseasonal expectations guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":58370042954111,"sku":"GERAPALM17","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/geranium.jpg?v=1789653230","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/geranium-palmatum","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}