Geum
Grecian Rose
The Greek name for this genus, which means “to give a taste of,” only hints at the flavor of happiness it brings to our garden. The cheerful flowers are held on sturdy stems above attractive basal clumps of fuzzy leaves. Given good drainage and ample moisture, these robust perennials thrive with minimal care.
Named for a stream bank on his Yorkshire property, British TV gardening host Geoffrey Smith developed this flamboyant semidouble hybrid by presumably crossing Geum rivale and Geum ‘Borisii’. Situated atop hirsute mahogany-hued stems, the pointed deep red buds reveal large, open, bowl-shaped copper-pink flowers, flaunting overlapping goffered petals, yellow and cocoa-colored bosses plus dark calyces. ‘Bell Bank’s winsome low-growing rosette of scalloped, compact bright green foliage makes a vigorous nearly-evergreen addition to east-facing alcoves with protection from hot afternoon sun.
Blooms April–June
Size: 18" high x 18" – 2' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 5.
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Other selections in this genus:
- Geum ‘Beech House Apricot’
- Geum x ‘Flames of Passion’
- Geum ‘Georgenberg’
- Geum ‘Gimlet’
- Geum ‘Mango Lassi’
- Geum ‘Prinses Juliana’
- Geum quellyon var. flora plena ‘Blazing Sunset’
- Geum rivale ‘Lemon Drops’
- Geum rivale ‘Leonard′s Variety’
- Geum ‘Rubin’
- Geum ‘Starkers Magnificum’
- Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’
- Geum triflorum
