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Heronsbill in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Erodium trichomanifolium

 

Heronsbill

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. Erodium trichomanfolium has lilac-pink flowers with delicate veining, that flower all Summer - the flowering season prolonged by dead-heading

 
plant Features
  • Heronsbill likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Heronsbill likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Heronsbill is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Heronsbill likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Heronsbill

Latin name

Erodium trichomanifolium

type

Herbaceous Perennial

family

Geraniaceae

ph

7.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Heronsbill likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Heronsbill is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Heronsbill likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Heronsbill likes very little 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

The size of a fully grown Heronsbill is 0.60meters x 0.25meters 0.60 M 0.25 M

Erodium trichomanifolium

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. Erodium trichomanfolium has lilac-pink flowers with delicate veining, that flower all Summer - the flowering season prolonged by dead-heading


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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