Water avens
Geum rivale
Common Name: Water avens
Genus: Geum
Species: rivale
Category: Aquatic & Bog Garden Plants
Growth Rate: Fast growing
Features: Suitable for ground cover
| Hardiness: Hardy | Height: 0.60 m (60 cm) |
| Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade | Spread: 0.60 m (60 cm) |
| Flower Colour: Pink, Red, Orange | |
| Foliage Colour: Green | Flowering Period: May to July |
Soil Type: Normal/Loam
Soil Moisture: Moist, but well drained
Nodding, bell-shaped, dusky pink to dark orange red flowers on mahogany tinted stems from late spring to midsummer above rosettes of scalloped fresh green leaves. Water arens is an excellent and attractive groundcover plant for a bog garden. The seed-heads which resemble little raspberries are an important decorative feature retained on the plant all summer.
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