Erodium 'Pippa Mills'
Storksbill 'Pippa Mills'
A cultivar raised by John Anton-Smith and named for a lady he knew. Said to have silvery foliage, similar to E. 'Bidderi', with white flowers. 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.
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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 'Pippa Mills'
Latin name
Erodium 'Pippa Mills'
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 'Pippa Mills'
A cultivar raised by John Anton-Smith and named for a lady he knew. Said to have silvery foliage, similar to E. 'Bidderi', with white flowers. 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.
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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