Geranium Sabani Blue (Bremigo) (PBR)
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- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, well-drained
- Rate of Growth: average
- Flowering period: April to September
- Flowers: blue with deep blue veining
- Other features: mid-green leaves
- Hardiness: fully hardy
An oustanding geranium with large, blue flowers with deep blue veining and mounds of foliage. This exciting new geranium has been bred by Alan Bremner in Orkney and it will knock the sock's of all the other blue geraniums around. This easy-to-grow geranium will flower earlier than most and makes an excellent groundcover. - Garden care: In midsummer rejuvenate plants that are beginning to look jaded, by removing old flowered stems and leaves. Lift and divide large colonies in spring
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