(5-10 sun/part shade)   45cmx1m

The macrorrhizum family are superb ground cover plants in both sun and dry shade, being drought tolerant. The leaves are sticky and aromatic, smelling of sweetbriar and give brilliant autumn colour. Can be grown in most soils but does not like wet soil in winter. This form has deep magenta flowers and red sepals. Evergreen, aromatic leaves. Good ground cover and superb autumn colour. Bulks up quickly. Deservedly given AGM status (Award of Garden Merit) at the 2006 RHS Hardy Geranium Trial, conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society.