GERANIUM Midnight Reiter. \nCommonly known as Cranesbill. \nA charming and unusual hardy cottage garden plant with rather attractive, plum or dark purple foliage. \nWhen grown in shade the leaves tend to be dark green with purple highlights. \nThe finely dissected, almost lace like leaves form dense mounds and provide the perfect foil for the flowers. \nFrom late spring Midnight Rieter is covered with small, violet blue flowers which seldom grow more than 2cm wide. \n Midnight Reiter is very attractive and the plant is slug resistant. \nExtremely floriferous, with a rather sprawling habit it makes very effective ground cover. \nExcellent at the front of a sunny border this vigorous geranium will also tolerate a partially shaded site and once established becomes almost drought resistant. \nRarely growing more than 30cm tall Geranium Midnight Reiter is also an excellent choice for pots, tubs and troughs. \nNot fussy about soil type but to grow successfully water-logged sites should be avoided. \nUnusual and much sought-after variety of Cranesbill. \nAll pictures used are of mature plants in bloom and are for illustration purposes only. They may not reflect plants at all times of the year. \nOur geranium plants of are supplied ex. 10cm pots, they can be planted out immediately but better results may be obtained if they are grown on for a short time in a slightly larger container before transplanting to their final growing positions \nJohn Lord has some great hints and tips on this very useful species. \nPACK 1 PLANT \nIMMEDIATE \n \nOur wide and varied range of Perennials can be view here. \nWe ask all our buyers to remember Geranium plants are living items and their appearance changes with the seasons.  Please don’t panic if the plant you receive looks different to the image on the website. This is quite normal and not a matter for any worry or concern, it is likely to be in perfect condition for the time of year. Particularly in autumn and winter many shrubs will lose their leaves and look rather bare, gaunt and stick-like and from August onwards many perennial plants may not even be showing above the soil.\n\nWe want you to be happy with your purchase and all our items are checked and inspected visually before packing. at .  . Due to the nature of the goods we cannot accept any responsibility for their failure after planting as pests, disease, poor horticultural practice, extremes of weather and many other factors outside our control all take their toll. Geranium Bill Wallis . . .