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Geum
April’s Featured Plants
Genus: Geum (Avens) Genus of about 50 perennials, mostly clump-forming with dense clusters of hairy leaves
and delicate loose flowers in spring – summer. Many popular cultivars are in fact hybrids. Fully hardy.
Did you know? – Best way to propagate geums is via division preferably in autumn (otherwise spring), as seed is unreliable.
Geum chiloense Species originating from Island of Chiloe, Chile which enjoys a cold, wet climate.
These clump-forming plants have dense hairy leaves with equal leaflets and upward facing flowers
in early – mid summer and prefer cool, moist soil. A selection of G. chiloense hybrids are below.
Ideal for:
Attracting bees and wildlife
How to grow
Hardiness:
Soil:
Informal and cottage gardens
Woodland gardens
Close to streams and ponds
Front of border
Drainage:
Light:
Pruning:
Propagation:
Note:
hardy down to – 15 degrees C
humus rich, heavy, acidic,
alkaline, sandy
moisture retentive,
well-drained
full sun to partial shade
not needed
division in autumn, or spring
divide every 3 years to keep
condition, discard weak parts
Geum ‘Mrs J Bradshaw’ – charming and carefree upward facing double bright orangered flowers in small sprays over dense green foliage in summer. Needs frequent
replanting to retain its condition.
Award of Garden Merit
Good for beginners
Plant comes true from seed
Plant with Festuca glauca,
Centaurea montana ‘Carnea’
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
60 cm high x 60cm wide
yellow buds opening to double
orange red flat flowers in summer
mid-green
clump-forming
Geum ’Dolly North’ - forms cheerful display of large orange tinged with red flowers over
dense green foliage in late spring.
Striking spring colour
Large flowers
Plant with Verbascum ‘Cotswold
Beauty’, Centaurea montana x
triumphettii
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
45 cm high x 30cm wide
large orange tinged red, late spring
mid-green
clump-forming
Geum ‘Rijnstroom’ – sprays of delicate copper-orange flat flowers over dense green
foliage in summer. Smaller plant form compared with G.chiloense ‘Mrs J Bradshaw’.
Good for beginners
Stunning summer colour
Plant with Astrantia major,
Geranium ‘Orion’
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
50 cm high x 45cm wide
copper-orange flowers summer
mid-green
clump-forming
Geum
April’s Featured Plants
Genus: Geum (Avens) Genus of about 50 perennials, mostly clump-forming with dense clusters of hairy leaves
and delicate loose flowers in spring – summer. Many popular cultivars are in fact hybrids. Fully hardy.
Did you know? – Best way to propagate geums is via division preferably in autumn (otherwise spring), as seed is unreliable.
Geum coccineum Species originates from the Balkan peninsula and is very similar to G. chiloense
but is generally shorter, with more cup-shaped flowers and larger terminal leaflets. Prefers sun and
reasonably well-drained, fertile soil. A selection of G. coccineum hybrids are below.
Ideal for:
Attracting bees and wildlife
Informal and cottage gardens
Front of border
How to grow
Hardiness:
Soil:
Drainage:
Light:
Pruning:
Propagation
Note:
hardy down to – 15 degrees C
humus rich
reasonably well-drained
full sun
not needed
as for G. chiloense
as for G. chiloense
Geum ‘Red Wings’ – masses of semi-double scarlet red flowers floating above green
foliage early - midsummer.
Knock-out red colour
Masses of flowers
Plant with Stipa gigantea,
Achillea ‘Appleblossom’,
Verbascum ‘Gainsborough’
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
45 cm high x 45cm wide
semi-double scarlet red flowers,
early – midsummer
mid-green
clump-forming
Geum ‘Borisii’ – masses of orange single flowers with prominent yellow stamens, held by
slender, branching, hairy stems above green foliage that is more compact than other
forms. Late spring - midsummer
Stunning orange/yellow colour
Masses of flowers
Plant with Iris sibirica, Aquilegia
McKana Group, Geranium
phaeum ‘Album’
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
30 cm high x 45cm wide
orange single flowers,
late spring – midsummer
mid-green
compact, clump-forming
Geum ’Mango Lassi’ – sprays of rich mango/apricot/buff/pink double flowers held on
delicate short, branching stems over bright green, dense clump-forming foliage in early
summer.
Good for beginners
Rich multi-colour double flowers
Plant with Polemonium caeruleum
Geranium sylvaticum ‘Album’,
Tiarella ‘Spring Symphony’,
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
25 cm high x 30cm wide
multicolour mango/apricot/buff
flowers early summer
bright green
clump-forming
Geum
April’s Featured Plants
Genus: Geum (Avens) Genus of about 50 perennials, mostly clump-forming with dense clusters of hairy leaves
and delicate loose flowers in spring – summer. Many popular cultivars are in fact hybrids. Fully hardy.
Did you know? – Best way to propagate geums is via division preferably in autumn (otherwise spring), as seed is unreliable.
Geum rivale (Water Avens, Chocolate Root) Species found in Europe, Asia and North America
growing naturally in moist meadows and along streams. Delicate nodding flowers with contrasting
calyces and petals held above hairy leaves with large terminal leaflets, April – May.
Ideal for:
Attracting bees and wildlife
Informal and cottage gardens
in moist situations
Close to streams and ponds
How to grow
Hardiness:
Soil:
Drainage:
Light:
Pruning:
Propagation:
Front of border
Note:
hardy down to – 15 degrees C
any reasonable soil, humus rich
moisture retentive
full sun to partial shade
not needed
easiest by division in autumn,
otherwise spring
divide every 3 years to keep
condition, discard weak parts
Geum rivale – charming perennial with loose heads of large nodding flowers with copper
calyces and small off-white to pink petal held by copper colour stems above hairy clumpforming foliage late spring – early summer. Prefers partial shade.
Delicate form and colour
Plant with
Astilbe ‘Hennie Graafland’,
Hosta ‘Purple Heart’,
Aruncus aethusifolius
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
30 cm high x 60cm wide
copper/pink flowers late spring
– early summer
mid-green
clump-forming
Geum rivale ’Cream Drop’ – attractive pale yellow nodding flowers held by mid
green/copper colour stems above hairy clump-forming foliage in spring. Grows in either
sun or partial shade in any reasonable soil that retains some moisture in summer.
Delicate form and colour
Good for beginners
Plant with Heuchera ‘Obsidian
Astrantia ‘Roma’ PBR,
Maianthemum racemosum
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
30 cm high x 30cm wide
cream/pale green flowers in
spring
mid-green
clump-forming
Geum rivale ‘Pink Frills’ – sprays of delicate, pale pink petticoat-like flowers with
rounded frilled petals and red bracts nodding above fresh green clump-forming foliage in
late spring. Very pretty.
Good for beginners
Plant with Primula florindae,
Astrantia ‘Moira Read’,
Trollius x cultorum ‘Alabaster’
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
30 cm high x 25cm wide
pale pink flowers late spring
fresh green
clump-forming
Geum
April’s Featured Plants
Genus: Geum (Avens) Genus of about 50 perennials, mostly clump-forming with dense clusters of hairy leaves
and delicate loose flowers in spring – summer. Many popular cultivars are in fact hybrids. Fully hardy.
Did you know? – Best way to propagate geums is via division preferably in autumn (otherwise spring), as seed is unreliable.
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Recommended Geum hybrids
Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ – high-performing tall hybrid of G. chiloense ‘Mrs J Bradshaw ‘
and G. rivale, which due to its sterility flowers continuously from April – September,
producing an amazing number of pale tangerine blooms over hairy, dark green foliage .
RHS Plant of Year 2010 finalist
Very long flowering period
One of tallest geums available
Good for beginners
Plant with Ageratum petiolatum,
Centaurea cheiranthifolia,
Geranium ‘Rozanne’
Ideal for:
Attracting bees and wildlife
Informal and cottage gardens
Borders
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
90 cm high x 50cm wide
tangerine flowers April – September
mid-green
clump-forming
How to grow
Hardiness:
Soil:
Drainage:
Light:
Pruning:
Propagation:
Note:
hardy down to – 15 degrees C
any reasonable soil
well-drained
full sun
not needed
easiest by division in autumn,
otherwise spring
divide every 3 years to keep
condition, discard weak parts
Geum ’Bell Bank’ – very charming spring geum with copper-pink frilled semi-double
flowers that initially nod before straightening, the flower opening wider and then fading
to paler pink. Possible hybrid of G. rivale and G. ‘Borisii’, initially bred by Geoffrey Smith.
Delicate form and colour
Good for beginners
Plant with Geranium ‘Orion’,
Mainathemum racemosum,
Aquilegia ‘Dove’
Ideal for:
Attracting bees and wildlife
Informal/cottage and
woodland gardens in moist
situations
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
45 cm high x 40cm wide
copper-pink semi-double flowers
April - May
mid-green
clump-forming
How to grow
Hardiness:
Soil:
Drainage:
Light:
Pruning:
Propagation:
Close to streams and ponds
Note:
hardy down to – 15 degrees C
humus rich
moist, well-drained
full sun to partial shade
not needed
easiest by division in autumn,
otherwise spring
divide every 3 years to keep
condition, discard weak parts
Geum
April’s Featured Plants
Genus: Geum (Avens) Genus of about 50 perennials, mostly clump-forming with dense clusters of hairy leaves
and delicate loose flowers in spring – summer. Many popular cultivars are in fact hybrids. Fully hardy.
Did you know? – Best way to propagate geums is via division preferably in autumn (otherwise spring), as seed is unreliable.
Geum x intermedium – fertile hybrid of G. urbanum (Wood Avens) and G. rivale (Water
Avens) with features of both - G. urbanum’s more open flowers with G. rivale’s nodding
habit and longer stamens. Yellow flowers over green foliage- late spring – early summer.
Delicate form and colour
Plant with Primula bulleyana,
Corydalis flexuosa 'Purple Leaf',
Rodgersia podophylla
Appearance
Size:
Flower:
Foliage:
Habit:
Ideal for:
Attracting bees and wildlife
Informal/cottage and
woodland gardens in moist
situations
20 cm high x 45cm wide
golden yellow flowers late
spring – early summer
mid-green
clump-forming
How to grow
Hardiness:
Soil:
Drainage:
Light:
Pruning:
Propagation:
Close to streams and ponds
Note:
hardy down to – 15 degrees C
humus rich
well-drained
partial shade
not needed
easiest by division in autumn,
otherwise spring
divide every 3 years to keep
condition, discard weak parts