Bring a burst of color to your spring garden with Geum, commonly known as Avens. This hardy perennial is celebrated for its vibrant, cup-shaped flowers that bloom profusely in shades of red, orange, yellow, and pink. Geum's compact growth habit and long blooming season make it a perfect addition to borders, rock gardens, and cottage gardens.
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Geum (jee-um) Avens; Rose Family (Rosaceae). A sizeable genus of brilliantly colored and generally adaptable border perennials is native to Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa, and New Zealand. Easily grown in full sun and ordinary soil. From a basal rosette of leaves, Geum produce red, yellow and orange flower shades on lean stalks, in midsummer. Geum species are evergreen except where winter temperatures drop below 0 °F.