Plant id please

andrewnewton

per the title. Wondered if any of the gardener's on here could identify this plant please. The flowers resemble a pelargonium but as it's currently flowering here in East Anglia it's a bit early. The plant is about 10/12 inches tall and it's in a north facing border against a wall in sandy soil

Dovefromabove

It's one of the many lovely hardy geraniums ... I couldn't tell you which one but my guess is that someone on here will have a good idea as to which one it is. 

Fairygirl

It looks a bit like Bio-kovo or something similar. The foliage looks different though.

Silver surfer

Erodium pelargoniflorum rather than Geranium?

https://www.plant-world-seeds.com/store/view_seed_item/467

https://www.google.com/search?q=Erodium+Pelargoniflorum&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCxLfzs8_oAhWCRBUIHfysAxwQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1920&bih=944


https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/104139907/pelargoniums-vs-geraniums-how-to-tell-the-difference

Dovefromabove

Do you think?  It could've survived  this last winter as here in East Anglia we've hardly had any real frosts ......... but I don't think it'd survive most East Anglian winters, especially not against a northfacing wall.  
It's very pretty tho, 

Fairygirl

I think it looks more like that @Silver surfer. I knew the foliage looked odd for those geraniums.
Not something I've ever grown - wouldn't like our soil/climate here.
The OP  has sandy soil, so perhaps that's kept it ticking over nicely. 

Dovefromabove

It's lovely ... I'm wondering if it could cope on my Shady Bank .... 

andrewnewton

Silver surfer said:

Erodium pelargoniflorum rather than Geranium?

https://www.plant-world-seeds.com/store/view_seed_item/467

https://www.google.com/search?q=Erodium+Pelargoniflorum&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCxLfzs8_oAhWCRBUIHfysAxwQ_AUoAXoECA0QAw&biw=1920&bih=944


https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/104139907/pelargoniums-vs-geraniums-how-to-tell-the-difference

Many thanks for that. The plant was already in the garden when we moved in and I hadn't been able to identify it. It's a good doer and doesn't need any attention at all. I'm guessing the wall provides enough protection, after all it faces south on the other side !

Dovefromabove

Hmmmm 🤔