Mike Kintgen first obtained this from Robin Parer's amazing Geraniaceae (she doesn't list it right now) and Denver Botanic Gardens has been trying to determine how to propagate it (perhaps for Plant Select?)...but right now, you can see this most amazing storksbill blooming its head off still in late October in the Steppe Garden...this isn't just the best storksbill--it's one of the best compact perennials I've ever grwn. Just had to share!
Sorry the right hand flower is out of focus, Michael McLaughlin! (He's my focus guru)--but this gives you a better glimpse...
I just took this a few minutes ago in MY garden, showing you the foliage...
More on the Steppe Garden...
Perhaps this gets the impact best?
I can't get enough of it!
With a glimmer of backlight in my home garden a few minutes ago...
And this is what it looked like seven months earlier in April (it's been blooming nonstop by the way) in Mike Kintgen's amazing front garden:
Ta DA!
Why "?"--we got it as ssp. amanum. There is also a ssp. armenum. Other specimens under this name are pale pinks and whites--we have never determined where this wonderful purple form originated. Please let me know if YOU know!
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