Bloody Geranium (Geranium sanguineum)

Bloody Geranium (Geranium sanguineum)Hardy, summer flowering perennial Description: Bears a profusion of cup shaped, deep magenta pink to crimson colored flowers with darker veins and white eyes; dark green, deeply cut foliage turns deep ruby red Habit: Grows 18 inches high by 24 inches wide Culture: Prefers full sun to light shade and well drained garden loam; tolerates dry conditions Hardiness: Cold hardy to USDA Zone 4 Origin: Europe, Asia Attributes: Drought tolerant, Deer resistant,

The fragrant foliage is not favored by deer

This reissue in a one-volume unabridged edition brings to a broader audience on of the monuments of American scholarship

This Polyantha/China hybrid was developed in France by Pernet-Ducher in 1881 from a seedling of 'Mme de Tartas'

Bartram named it for "that Patron of the sciences and truly great and distinguished character

saying "[t]his is a beautiful shrub brought by Captain Lewis from the River Columbia

When Annette Gordon-Reed's groundbreaking study was first published

and begins to go dormant by early fall

Culture: Prefers full sun to part shade and well-drained garden soil

In this original and illuminating book

receives a large shipment of foreign books

this showy perennial was first sent to Europe by Reverend John Banister

painting many of the signers from life