Geranium wlassovianum 'Lakwijk Star'

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Price:  £5.00 Notify me when this item is available Brand:  The Plantsman's Preference Family:  Geraniaceae Main Season:  Summer Flower Colour:  Purple Leaf Colour:  Multicoloured Foliage:  Deciduous Position:  Light/Part Shade Soil Type:  Ordinary, medium loam Height:  15cm to 30cm (6" to 12") Peat Free?  Yes Hardiness Guide:  RHS H7 minimum at least -20C Pot Size:  9cm Availability:      None available at present. View our Pot Size guide:

An excellent form (or possible hybrid) of this species with bold rich blue-purple flowers in late summer. Pretty spring leaves and brilliant autumn foliage colour. Ordinary soil in sun. 50cm.

A slightly more chunky version with larger leaves but still has the bronze tint to the new growth and the flowers are much larger than the species, perhaps also a bit bluer.  Up to 30cm tall but with a good spread of 60cm or more in good soil the flowers are produced from midsummer until autumn when the foliage turns wonderful shades (darker than the species) of red and purple.

Best in an ordinary, fertile soil in sun, or a little shade.  Deciduous in winter and it does completely dissappear so be careful not to spear it when gardening in winter!  The new foliage emerges very early in the spring.

Found by Jan van Lakwijk and introduced in the early 2000s.

Synonym: Geranium 'Lyona'