Comparaison Geranium phaeum Samobor et Mourning Widow

Son seul feuillage lui suffit. Le feuillage le plus maculé de pourpre-chocolat des Ger. phaem. Fleurs pourpre foncé. Utilisation: (Feuillage persistant, ) - ombre , mi-ombre, Massif, Jardin sauvage. Pour obtenir un bel effet il est préférable de le planter en masse.

Description horticole :

D. Evrard 1997: Fleurs pourpre sombre, presque noir, portées par des pédicelles brun sombre de 90cm de haut. Utilisation: (Feuillage persistant, )


Protologue / première publication :Hardy Geraniums today, Richard Clifton,1979
Groupe :phaeum
Sous genre :Erodioidea Yeo
Section :Erodioidea Yeo
Existence dans la collection :x
Registre International: statut :Valide

Description horticole :

D. Evrard 1997: Son seul feuillage lui suffit. Le feuillage le plus maculé de pourpre-chocolat des Ger. phaem. Fleurs pourpre foncé. Utilisation: (Feuillage persistant, )

Introduction : 1990 Washfield Nursery (UK)
Protologue / première publication :Washfield Nursery 1993 (UK)
Groupe :phaeum
Sous genre :Erodioidea Yeo
Section :Erodioidea Yeo
Existence dans la collection :x
Registre International: statut :Valide
Distribution géographique :

Croatie

Geranium phaeum ssp phaeum 'Samobor' (about a fifth of the time misspelled 'Samobar') has two outstanding features. First is the leaves, each scallop having a cherry-black dot when the leaves emerge, aging into a large purple marking.

These markings sometimes bleed into one another, scallop to scallop, forming a nearly unbroken circle of darkness around the middle of each green leaf. The markings can be very different from plant to plant, but also can change as the leaf ages, so that sometimes it will be seen as decidedly with a circle of spots, & sometimes with a complete ring.

The second pleasing feature would be its small, reflexed, burgundy flowers, which rise above the leafy clump on upright stems. The flowers are typical of the species & give the species its common name, Mourning Widow. We have another of the type, Geranium phaeum var purpureum, the Dusky Mourning Widow.

Samobar'Samobor' was discovered in 1990 by Elizabeth Strangman of Washfield Nursery in Kent, England, where the very first 'Samobor' in cultivation still grows. It is a natural variant found growing in damp woods in Croatia. It is named for the Croation town of Samobor.

As a true wildflower rather than a cultivar, it will self-seed with the seedlings growing true to the parent. If, however, there are other varieties of G. phaeum nearby, they will crosspollinate for random forms.