Geranium Sanguineum - Bloody Cranesbill Long Blooming "Salix babylonica

"Salix babylonica

purple and orange slowly work back into the green canopy before completely overtaking it in a grade finale

where it was cultivated for millennia before being traded westward along the ancient Silk Road

In the late summer

eventually developing the characteristic horizontal branching layers that make mature kousas look like living architecture

Geranium Sanguineum - Bloody Cranesbill Long Blooming "Salix babylonicaThe compact mounds of this Cranesbill make it an outstanding selection for open areas of the garden. The leaves are ornamental in nature almost snowflake like in appearance. By late spring growing green mounds begin to sprout purple pink flowers. In fall the cranesbill lives up to it's moniker of "bloody" turning a brilliant scarlet red. Geranium is a very adaptable plant and will do will in areas with hot summers or cold winters and is a great plant