Geraniums
Geranium spp.
Special Features
Often called cranesbills, typically have lobed or deeply cut leaves that may change color in fall. Flowers come in shades of pink, purple, blue, white, and sometimes red. Generally low-maintenance perennials.
Plant Specifications
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Growing Geraniums on Martha's Vineyard
Geranium, the hardy cranesbills, are among the most dependable and broadly useful perennials in the Martha's Vineyard landscape design vocabulary, tolerating the island's variable soil conditions from sandy coastal borders to slightly heavier inland soils and adapting to a wide range of light conditions from full sun to partial shade. The long bloom period of many cultivars, particularly Geranium 'Rozanne' with its continuous violet-blue flowers from June through October, ensures sustained ornamental contribution through the island's entire visitor and residential season.
Deer resistance is generally reliable across the genus, and the naturally mounding, weed-suppressing habit of established cranesbill clumps reduces maintenance demands in professional island landscape programs. Estate Care professionals cut plants back by one-third to one-half in mid-July after the primary bloom flush to encourage fresh basal growth and a sustained second wave of flowering through the late summer and early fall months.
