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cut-leaved crane's bill

Latin name: Geranium dissectum
Family: Geraniaceae
Other common names; 
Flowering time: May to August
Height: 30 to 40cm
Growing conditions: prefers thinly grassed areas and recently disturbed soils, moist and well-drained soils.
Nectar source for: bees and hoverflies
Food source for: 

Description
An annual, upright or sprawling plant.
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How to identify:  A mounding plant, the leaf dark green is hairy and palmately lobed and have a light citrusy fragrance, the leaf margin may have purple or red colouration. The five-petalled flowers are shades of blue, pink, purple and white, and the sepals end in a bristle.
How to propagate: Propagation may be done by collecting seed throughout the summer, then sow in spring or early summer for flowers the following summer., stem rooting in water, semi-ripe wood cuttings in summer, or by root division in autumn or spring.

Contact; Catriona Bass                               

EMAIL LONGMEAD.COUNTYWILDLIFESITE@GMAIL.COM

LONG MEAD FOUNDATION (Charity number 1196294): Email longmeadfoundation@gmail.com
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