Strawberry Geranium (Beefsteak Geranium, Mother-of-Thousands)
Saxifraga stolonifera (formerly Saxifraga sarmentosa). SAXIFRAGACEAE.
Planting and Growing Strawberry Geranium
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow strawberry geranium in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of strawberry geranium
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for strawberry geranium
- Season of bloom and planting time for strawberry geranium
- When, how deep, and where to plant strawberry geranium
- How to plant strawberry geranium
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of strawberry geranium
- Landscape and container uses of strawberry geranium
- Comments about strawberry geranium and its features
Growing Strawberry Geranium
Several cultivars of creeping, stoloniferous, deciduous perennial herbs, to 2 ft. (60 cm) tall. Shiny, textured, deep green, silver variegated, round, pointed, veined leaves, to 4 in. (10 cm) wide, with reddish pink undersides, forming a circular, radiating base.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many white, irregular flowers, to 1 in. (25 mm) wide, in tall, branching clusters on wiry stems, in late summer–autumn.
Best Climates
Tender. Zones 7–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained loam. Fertility: Rich–average. 7.0–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in filtered sun to partial shade, 8–10 in. (20–25 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Moderate. Keep moist; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Fertilize monthly during growth. Protect from frost. Propagate by division, runners, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for accents, hanging baskets, borders, containers, edgings, ground covers in cottage, formal, natural gardens. Invasive. Disease resistant. Mealybug susceptible.