KEY

AGM
Award of Garden Merit (RHS Award) indicating a plant that is rated excellent for garden use, of good constitution, and not requiring specialist conditions to grow well.
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Fully hardy
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Hardy to -5°C
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Unlikely to withstand a frost
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Tender
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sylvaticum Album
Large pure white flowers over mound of good foliage
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sylvaticum Angulatum
Large plum-pink, veined flowers.
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sylvaticum f. albiflorum
70 x 45cm. White flowers in early summer. Best grown in humus-rich soil, in sun or part-shade. Not too dry. British native.
British native or wildflower   		***
sylvaticum f. roseum Baker's Pink
Soft pink flowers, a little later than the type, and over a longer period.
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sylvaticum Mayflower
Large rich violet-blue flowers with a white eye.
 *** AGM
sylvaticum var. wanneri
Pink veined petals.
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wallichianum Buxton's Variety
30 x 120cm. Long trailing stems, marbled leaves, and clear blue flowers with white centres and black stamens, from mid-summer to mid-autumn. Humus-rich soil, best in part-shade.
 *** AGM
x cantabrigiense
30 x 60cm. Aromatic near-evergreen foliage, which colours well in autumn. Bright pink flowers early to mid-summer. Spreads slowly by runners. Good ground cover, in sun or part-shade, in fertile soil.
Fragrant/aromatic  Ground cover   		***
x cantabrigiense Biokovo
Less vigorous than above. Flowers white,tinged pink.
Fragrant/aromatic  Ground cover   		***
x magnificum
60 x 60cm. Clump forming. Rich violet flowers in abundance in mid-summer. Foliage colours well in autumn. Fertile, humus-rich soil in sun or part-shade.
 *** AGM
x oxonianum Beholder's Eye
20-30cm. Pink flowers on a low-growing plant. The oxonianum group are mainly semi-evergreen, long-flowering geraniums, tolerant of a wide range of growing conditions, and happy in sun or part-shade. Cut back after main flush of flowers, to keep tidy and to encourage further flowering.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum David McClintock
Thurstonianum-type flowers, pink with dark veins. Conditions as above.
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x oxonianum Elworthy Misty
30cm. Evergreen. Deep pink, veined flowers. Dark reddish markings on the leaves. Conditions as above.
Evergreen  Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum f. thurstonianum
60cm. Bright pink flowers with narrow, twisted petals. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Hexham Pink
45cm. Lavender-pink flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Kate Moss
Pale pink, veined flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Lace Time
45cm. White flowers veined pink, rapidly turning pink. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Lambrook Gillian
30-40cm. Silvery, pale pink flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Old Rose
Pink flowers, darkening with age. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Phoebe's Blush
Pale pink flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Rebecca Moss
30-40cm. Very pale pink flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Rosemary
50cm. Bright pink, veined flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Rosemary Verey
Large pink flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Summer Surprise
Very large bright pink flowers. Strong grower. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Trevor's White
40cm. White flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Wageningen
Salmon-pink flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Walter's Gift
40cm. Dark reddish marking in the foliage. Flowers very pale pink, veined magenta. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianum Wargrave's Pink
60cm. Salmon pink flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		*** AGM
x oxonianum Winscombe
Silvery pink flowers aging deeper pink. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x oxonianumFrank Lawley
30cm. Pearly salmon-pink flowers. Conditions as above.
Ground cover   		***
x riversleaianum Mavis Simpson
20 x 60cm. From a neat rosette, trailing stems spread, bearing silvery, pale green leaves, and a long display of clear shell-pink flowers. Well-drained soil in full sun.
For sunny well-drained areas   		***
x riversleaianum Russell Prichard
Similar habit to Mavis Simpson, but bearing deep magenta flowers over a long period. Not quite so hardy, so protect crown in winter in colder areas.
 ***(borderline) AGM
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