I am completely in love with bevan. No, he's not a human. He's a plant that has captured my heart. One of many over the years, I might add. He is a perennial geranium and has lived in my garden a long time.
All of May, he is covered in pink flowers, and the rest of the year, he has lovely fresh-looking green leaves that never droop or look brown and tired, even during drought. He loves part sun but will grow in sun or shade. He's quite vigorous with a long taproot that pulls up easily.
Over the years, he's gone with me to a large number of plant swaps, and I have given starts to all of my friends who will take one, and even to total strangers who walk by when I'm gardening.
He always seems to bloom where he is planted the very next year and just keeps on going year after year. I use him for trouble spots where nothing else will grow, in dry spots, and as a placeholder, and he seems happy wherever I put him.
As I write this on a Monday in May, he is providing splashes of pink color all over my yard.
In catalogues he's often listed under ground covers, as that is certainly what he is and does well. But he is so easy-going, he will do well wherever he's planted and can even provide cut flowers.
(Note: This plant’s botanical name is Geranium macrorrhizum 'Bevan’s Variety’. Other common names: Bevan's variety cranesbill, rock cranesbill, bigroot geranium, Bulgarian geranium, and hardy geranium.)
I am completely in love with bevan. No, he's not a human. He's a plant that has captured my heart. One of many over the years, I might add. He is a perennial geranium and has lived in my garden a long time.
All of May, he is covered in pink flowers, and the rest of the year, he has lovely fresh-looking green leaves that never droop or look brown and tired, even during drought. He loves part sun but will grow in sun or shade. He's quite vigorous with a long taproot that pulls up easily.
Over the years, he's gone with me to a large number of plant swaps, and I have given starts to all of my friends who will take one, and even to total strangers who walk by when I'm gardening.
He always seems to bloom where he is planted the very next year and just keeps on going year after year. I use him for trouble spots where nothing else will grow, in dry spots, and as a placeholder, and he seems happy wherever I put him.
As I write this on a Monday in May, he is providing splashes of pink color all over my yard.
In catalogues he's often listed under ground covers, as that is certainly what he is and does well. But he is so easy-going, he will do well wherever he's planted and can even provide cut flowers.
This is Moya Andrews and today we focused on Bevin.