A close look at cranesbills

HERE cannot be many gardens without one or two hardy geraniums or cranesbills, so-called because of their long, beak-like seed capsules. The genus consists of 300 species from temperate regions of the world and we have a few garden-worthy species), favouring mainly limestone areas, and the ethereal wood cranesbill () whose loose, upright habit suits the wilder parts of a garden.