Erodium absinthoides
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Erodium absinthoides• Click here to visit our Main Plant List page for current availability of this plant
• common names: heronsbill, storksbill
• flowering season: summer into fall
• height: 8 - 12 inches, spreading wider
• Light requirements: sun; afternoon shade in very warm climates
• Soil requirements: well drained
• Water requirments: average to low
• Growth habit: grows as a low, slightly mounding clump
• How to propagate: dividing or tip cuttings in early summer
• Leaf type: green/gray lacey leaves
• Ways to use it: a good candidate if you need plants that are drought tolerant; excellent in a sunny rock garden; also good in a outdoor container garden with other low, long blooming perennials such as Convolvulus and Rhodanthemum
• Special characteristics: the lacey leaves have great texture to complement its neighboring plants
Beautifully light pink flowers in clusters decorate the finely textured leaves of grayish green. Once established in a garden this plant is drought resistant. USDA Zones 6 - 9. As a side note, the sexes occur separately -- the plants we offer are all females. Native to parts of southeastern Europe and Sicily.