.png) Erodium absinthoides $7.95
- common names: heronsbill, storksbill
- flowering season: summer into fall
- height: 8 - 12 inches, spreading wider
- Light requirements: sun; afternoon shade in very warm climates
- Soil requirements: well drained
- Water requirments: average to low
- Growth habit: grows as a low, slightly mounding clump
- How to propagate: dividing or tip cuttings in early summer
- Leaf type: green/gray lacey leaves
- Ways to use it: a good candidate if you need plants that are drought tolerant; excellent in a sunny rock garden; also good in a outdoor container garden with other low, long blooming perennials such as Convolvulus and Rhodanthemum
- Special characteristics: the lacey leaves have great texture to complement its neighboring plants
Beautifully light pink flowers in clusters decorate the finely textured leaves of grayish green. Once established in a garden this plant is drought resistant. USDA Zones 6 - 9. As a side note, the sexes occur separately -- the plants we offer are all females. Native to parts of southeastern Europe and Sicily. |
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