Water

Geum rivale

£4.50

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Elevate your garden borders and meadows with this stunning Water Avens, a hardy perennial that rewards beginners with vibrant orange and pink blooms from May through August. Thriving in both full sun and partial shade with minimal care required, this clump-forming beauty adapts to boggy or moist soils and withstands even the harshest winters at just 50cm tall and wide. At an affordable price with organic certification, it's the perfect low-maintenance choice for creating naturalistic, colorful garden schemes.

A CLOSER LOOK

Plant details.

LifecyclePerennial
HabitBushy
Foliage typeDeciduous

Suitability: Borders, Cottage gardens, Wildlife gardens, Underplanting roses and shrubs
Position: Border | Front
Light: Full sun, Partial shade
Soil moisture: Free draining, Moist
Soil acidity: Neutral, Acid, Alkaline
Soil type: Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sandy
Hardiness: H7 [-20] Very Hardy | Very cold winter
Time to maturity: 2–5 Years
Exposure: Exposed, Sheltered
Mature height: 0.1–0.5 m
Mature spread: 0.1–0.5 m
Foliage colour: Green
Flower colour: Orange, Pink
Growing skill: Easy
Genus: Geum | Avens
Aspect: East, South, West

Through the seasons

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Flowering

May–Aug

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Growing conditions+

Position: Full sun, Partial shade. Soil: Moist but well-drained.

Winter hardiness+

RHS rating: H7 (UK growing conditions). See the source profile for cultivation advice.

Plant information sources+

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RHS · Geum rivale

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