Erodium cheilanthifolium
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Erodium cheilanthifolium• Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• common names: heronsbill, storksbill
• flowering season: summer to fall
• Light requirements: sun; afternoon shade in very warm climates
• Soil requirements: well drained
• Water requirments: average
• Growth habit: low
• How to propagate: dividing; tip cuttings in early summer
• Leaf type: feathery green leaves, sometimes with a grayish quality
• Ways to use it: excellent in a sunny rock garden
Creamy flowers have a delicate tracery of darker veins and two rich purplish blazes on the upper two petals. Long flowering and undemanding, this is a long lived perennial. Do not crowd it too closely with taller perennials, but allow it enough room to get lots of air and sunlight. It needs well drained soil to be long lived. Hardy in USDA Zones 6 - 9.