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Hardy geraniums, also known as cranesbill geraniums, can be grown in Zones 4-8 and are very adaptable in Southern gardens.
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 June 2025
To dress up the space, JGS also prescribed a variety of shade plants including shrubs, colorful hydrangea, day lilies, cranesbill and ivy that shared the yard with sun-loving clusters of tall grasses, rose bushes and brown-eyed Susans.
—Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2021
The bare bases would benefit from some low-growing companion, cranesbill or leadwort, perhaps.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2020
Create a pastel combination with lamb's ears (Stachys byzantina), verbenas, pink bee balms (Monarda), calamints (Calamintha), and cranesbills (Geranium) backed with ornamental grasses.
—The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2018
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 4 June 2025
To dress up the space, JGS also prescribed a variety of shade plants including shrubs, colorful hydrangea, day lilies, cranesbill and ivy that shared the yard with sun-loving clusters of tall grasses, rose bushes and brown-eyed Susans.
—Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2021
The bare bases would benefit from some low-growing companion, cranesbill or leadwort, perhaps.
—Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2020
Create a pastel combination with lamb's ears (Stachys byzantina), verbenas, pink bee balms (Monarda), calamints (Calamintha), and cranesbills (Geranium) backed with ornamental grasses.
—The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2018
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“Cranesbill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cranesbill. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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