It looks similar to the popular ‘Ann Folkard,’ but isn’t quite so rambunctious. Rozanne geranium is a sterile hybrid and doesn’t produce seeds, but its heritage includes other cranesbill geraniums. Geranium 'Rozanne'. Native Area: Himalayas USDA Growing Zones: 4–9 Height: 12–20 inches Sun Exposure: Full sun to part shade 02 of 16 'Rozanne' (Geranium 'Gerwat' ROZANNE') Joshua McCullough / Getty Images 'Rozanne' is a hybrid geranium cultivar that was named the 2008 Perennial Plant of the Year. This is an easy, carefree geranium; a strong grower with a sprawling habit like 'Dilys'. It does very well for me, as long as I give it afternoon shade, and plenty of water. It’s perfect for using as ground cover at the front of borders. A vigorous grower, the large blue flowers are a delight and cover the plant all summer. There aren’t many hardy geraniums that will bloom year after year in S CA. The cranesbill reference is to the geranium seed capsule, which has a long beak-like column. Both parents are native to the Himalayas. Rozanne geranium was discovered in a home garden in Somerset, England. Adrian Bloom extols the virtues of Geranium Rozanne. Geranium Rozanne; Geranium Rozanne. Geranium is a genus of 422 species of annual, biennial, and perennial plants that are commonly known as geraniums or cranesbills.They are found throughout the temperate regions of the world and the mountains of the tropics, but mostly in the eastern part of the Mediterranean region.. The greatest number of ornamental species are native to Europe and South Africa. The moniker hails from the Greek, where geranium means crane. Suitable for sun or shade. Large, violet blue flowers with a lighter eye are produced prolifically until frost. Origins: G. Rozanne is the result of an accidental cross in 1989 in Somerset, UK, between early-flowering G. himalayense and the later- and freely-flowering G. wallichianum ‘Buxton’s Variety’. 4 of 7 AUCKLAND BOTANIC GARDENS. Geranium 'Rozanne' PP12175 cranesbill . It is hardy in zones 4 to 8. Native Geranium traversii is from the Chatham Islands. 3 of 7 IVA WAGNEROVA/123RF. Deadhead spent blooms regularly to prolong flowering. The finely cut foliage is accented by large (for a geranium) blue-purple flowers with pale blue eyes which cover the plant from early summer to frost. Geranium ‘Rozanne’ bears striking deep purple flowers in contrast with mid-green foliage, for months on end. 'Rozanne' is a trademarked name; the cultivar name is 'Gerwat'. Our most popular Geranium. The palmately cleft leaves are broadly circular in form. Geranium 'Rozanne' forms spreading mat and flowers generously. Rozanne' is the best everblooming blue flowered Geranium currently in cultivation. Renowned for its extremely long, all-season bloom, this vigorous perennial forms a broadly spreading mound of deep green, dissected foliage. Easy to grow, Geranium ‘Rozanne’ is tolerant of most conditions except waterlogged soil. 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