A striking scarlet-red Geum Mrs Bradshaw flower from Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden Ltd blooms in a cottage garden, standing out among others along a mulch-covered path with green trees and a cloudy sky in the background.
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Geum Mrs Bradshaw

Geum chiloense 'Mrs J. Bradshaw'

£2.30approx. 50 seeds

Warm scarlet-red ruffled flowers floating on wiry stems with golden centres — the RHS AGM Geum that has been a cottage garden favourite for over a century.

Sowing months
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Height
45–60cm
Spread
45cm
Spacing
45cm
Position
Full sun to partial shade
Soil
Clay-tolerant; moist but not waterlogged; sun or partial shade
Grow guide
How to grow Geum Mrs Bradshaw
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About this variety

Scarlet semi-double ruffled flowers with a cluster of golden stamens at the centre, on wiry stems at 45 to 60cm that hold them clear of the foliage so they seem to hang in mid-air. It has been passed between English gardens for well over a century and it holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit.

The red is the thing. It is not a hard fire-engine scarlet but a slightly orange, strawberry-toned red that sits happily beside pink, purple and blue, which most reds do not. The gold stamens keep it looking clean even in high summer.

Like 'Lady Stratheden' it will grow on heavy clay, which is unusual in a decorative perennial and valuable where the choice is limited. It starts as the tulips finish and can run to September, but only if it is deadheaded regularly; allowed to seed, it stops by midsummer. The semi-evergreen foliage looks shabby by late winter and wants shearing off in early spring. Lift and divide every three or four years, or the clump goes woody in the middle and the flowering falls away.

Plant alongside

Geum Mrs Bradshaw pairs beautifully with these cottage garden classics

Geum Lady Stratheden
Geum Lady Stratheden
£2.35
Bupleurum Griffithii
Bupleurum Griffithii
£1.95
Forget-me-not Blue
Forget-me-not Blue
£2.20

RHS Award of Garden Merit

The RHS Award of Garden Merit is given to plants of outstanding excellence for ordinary garden use. To earn this award a plant must be of good constitution, available to the gardening public, and perform reliably across a range of UK growing conditions. It is one of the most trusted plant recommendations in British gardening and a genuine mark of quality.

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