Erodium 'Ardwick Redeye'
Storksbill 'Ardwick Redeye'
Erodium is a low-growing flowering plant in the geranium family that bears five-petalled flowers in shades of white, pink, and purple, that strongly resemble the better-known Geranium (cranesbill). They like slightly alkaline soil, so add lime if your soil is acid. 'Ardwick Redeye' has white flowers with pink/red eye in the centre.
Contributed by @awomanonabike
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Storksbill 'Ardwick Redeye'
Latin name
Erodium 'Ardwick Redeye'
type
Herbaceous Perennial
family
Geraniaceae
ph
7.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.60 M
0.30 M
Erodium 'Ardwick Redeye'
Erodium is a low-growing flowering plant in the geranium family that bears five-petalled flowers in shades of white, pink, and purple, that strongly resemble the better-known Geranium (cranesbill). They like slightly alkaline soil, so add lime if your soil is acid. 'Ardwick Redeye' has white flowers with pink/red eye in the centre.
Propagating by seed
From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn
Erodium seeds should be sown directly outdoors in a sunny site as soon as the seeds are ripe in the Autumn
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Mid Autumn
Erodiums flower from Spring to Autumn if dead-headed regularly
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant erodiums 8" - 10" apart. They form low clumps, which can be divided easily once the plant is established.
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