{"id":22815,"date":"2023-06-06T14:25:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/?p=109407"},"modified":"2023-06-06T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:35:02","slug":"geum-how-to-grow-geums","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/geum-how-to-grow-geums\/","title":{"rendered":"Geum: How to grow geums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Flowering from late spring into summer, these varied hardy perennials are growing in popularity. Here’s our expert guide to growing them. Words by Naomi Slade. <\/p>

By Veronica Peerless\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 06 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Hard-working and handsome, geums (also known as avens) are hardy perennials<\/a> that come into bloom in late spring (they are often spotted in show gardens at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show<\/a>) and carry on flowering well until summer.\u00a0 Geum flowers are typically orange<\/a>, red<\/a> or yellow, but also peach and pale pink. They are perfect for the front or middle of a border<\/a> and can also be grown in pots. Many geums attract bees<\/a> and butterflies<\/a> and also make good cut flowers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Geums are evergreen and resistant to pests and diseases \u2013 they are said to be slug<\/a>, deer and rabbit resistant. The edible leaves and clove-scented roots have been used for brewing, baking and in medicinal tinctures to combat chills and catarrh \u2013 and even protect against plague.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the British Isles, there are two native species of geum,\u201d says Sue Martin, who now holds the UK\u2019s only National Collection of Geum<\/em>. \u201cIn the south there is Geum urbanum<\/em> or wood avens, which grows in shaded copses, and in the north we have larger Geum rivale<\/em> or water avens, which is found in damp and shady locations. There is a cluster in the Balkans, mainly alpines such as Geum coccineum<\/em>, and another one in South America, including Geum quellyon<\/em>, which are the ancestors of the big commercial cultivars.\u201d<\/p>\n

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