Name: Geranium 'Ballerina' - Hardy Cranesbill Perennial
Brand: Geranium
SKU: pda293
Price: 6.9 EUR
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Geranium cinereum 'Ballerina'

€6,90

Geranium cinereum 'Ballerina'

€6,90

Organic

Sustainable

Locally grown

🪴Standard: 9x9 cm pot

🚂 Ships across EU

🌱 Grown without pesticides or UV lamps

Flower Color: Pink

Preferred Soil Type: Well-drained, Gritty

Sunlight: Full sun, Partial shade

Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: -35°C

Growth Habit: Spreading

Origine: Pyrenees

Geranium cinereum 'Ballerina' is a variety of dwarf, alpine perennial geranium, known for its uninterrupted pink flowering from May to August.

'Ballerina' has small, pink, delicately veined flowers bloom above a lovely evergreen foliage made up of very small, highly divided, grayish leaves.

The Ashy Cranesbill 'Ballerina' is an alpine plant well-equipped for extreme conditions - both drought and frost, making it easy and worry-free to grow.

It enjoys the full sun or partial shade, in any soil type—even ordinary soil—as long as it's well-drained.

Its spreading growth habit and low-maintenance nature make it a perfect ground cover for rock gardens, in gardenboxes, on a balcony or along the edges of flower beds.

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A Note on the Difference between Geraniums and Pelargoniums

These are confused all the time. What you know to be Geraniums are probably Pelargoniums. And it has been a fascinating journey out of the darkness for me!

The physical distinction can be hard to spot as the details are in the number of petals.

Geraniums

Flowers have five similar petals
Considered perennials that come back year after year.
Bloom, Dormancy, Bloom, Dormancy > and Repeat.
To ease confusion, they are sometimes called 'Hardy Geraniums'.

Pelargonium

Flowers have two upper petals which are different from the three lower petals
Annuals (can be semi hardy in some climates but in general are sold for one seasons use)
Bloom, The End.
To ease confusion, they are sometimes called 'Tender Geraniums'.

The Tales

This 'Ballerina' is called an alpine plant, but it comes from the Pyrenees.

Is this a contradiction?

No, it isn't! The term "alpine" refers to plants that thrive at high altitudes (over 1,000 meters), and not just plants from the Alps, which are referred to as "alpestrine."

Other Names:
Ashy Cranesbill