Rock cranesbill ‘Spessart’ - The easy-care beauty for your garden
The rock cranesbill ‘Spessart’ (Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Spessart’) is a real insider tip for all garden lovers who are looking for a low-maintenance, robust yet attractive plant. This perennial lends any garden a harmonious, natural ambience and impresses with its versatility and exceptional flowering. With its charming appearance and numerous practical properties, it is the perfect choice for beginners and experienced gardeners alike.
Magnificent flowers and aromatic foliage - a real eye-catcher
The rock cranesbill ‘Spessart’ delights from May to July with its delicate, whitish-pink flowers, which are enthroned in dense clusters above the foliage. The flowers attract numerous bees and butterflies to your garden, making it an important plant for preserving biodiversity. But it's not just the flowers that are a highlight - the aromatic foliage of Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Spessart’ is also remarkable. The rounded, deeply lobed leaves exude a pleasant, spicy fragrance when touched, which also keeps insects away and makes the plant even more attractive.
Robust, easy to care for and versatile
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Spessart’ is a particularly robust and long-lived perennial that is ideal for difficult locations. It prefers sunny to semi-shady locations and feels at home in both humus-rich and sandy-loamy soils. Thanks to its strong roots, it spreads quickly and forms dense carpets that effectively suppress weeds. This makes it an excellent ground cover plant that also thrives on slopes or under trees and shrubs. Once established, the rock cranesbill is extremely easy to care for and can easily cope with drought and heat.
Perfect planting partners for the rock cranesbill ‘Spessart’
The combination possibilities for Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Spessart’ are almost unlimited. This perennial harmonises particularly well with other near-natural plantings, such as ornamental grasses, hostas or cranesbills with contrasting flower colours. It also looks attractive in combination with roses, lavender or sage. For shadier locations, ferns or the Caucasian forget-me-not (Brunnera macrophylla) are perfect companions. This variety of possible combinations allows you to create individual, colourful garden pictures that will retain their beauty for many years.
A reliable perennial bloomer for every garden
With the rock cranesbill ‘Spessart’, you can bring a reliable perennial bloomer into your garden that makes hardly any demands and still gives you pleasure year after year. Regardless of whether you use it as a ground cover, in the border or in the rock garden - this plant cuts a fine figure everywhere and is so uncomplicated that you can hardly go wrong. Thanks to its longevity and hardiness, it is an investment in the future of your garden.
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Spessart’ - The ideal choice for low-maintenance and natural gardens
Whether for beginners or passionate gardeners, the rock cranesbill ‘Spessart’ is the ideal plant for creating low-maintenance and decorative garden areas. With its harmonious flowers, aromatic foliage and versatile uses, it brings structure and colour to any garden landscape. Let yourself be won over by this charming perennial and transform your garden into a green paradise!
Our plants are grown in pots and can therefore be planted all year round.
