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Storksbill Pippa Mills in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

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.

 
plant Features
  • Storksbill Pippa Mills likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Storksbill Pippa Mills likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Storksbill Pippa Mills is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Storksbill Pippa Mills likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Storksbill 'Pippa Mills'

Latin name

Erodium 'Pippa Mills'

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Geraniaceae

ph

7.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Storksbill Pippa Mills likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Storksbill Pippa Mills is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Storksbill Pippa Mills likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Storksbill Pippa Mills likes very little water

    Very little water

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Storksbill Pippa Mills is 0.60meters x 0.30meters 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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