Re: Geranium 'Samobar'

'Samobor' (note the spelling) is a form of Geranium phaeum collected in the
wild in 1990 by Elizabeth Strangman of Washfield Nursery in Kent, England.
It's named after the village in Croatia where it was found growing with
Helleborus atrorubens. 'Samobor' is one of two seedlings brought back to
England, the more striking of the two was named.

The flowers are the usual shade but the leaves are boldly blotched in
maroon. In spring the mounded foliage is very striking, then as the flower
stems stretch the leaf markings are retained (see picture).

In my garden, planted in isolation, it seems to seed reasonably true - that
is, all the seedlings are blotched but the extent of the blotch varies. The
seedlings, of course, should not carry the cultivar name.

samobor_foliage.jpg

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