Erodium variabile Album - Storksbill
Erodium variabile Album - Storksbill
Erodium variabile Album - Storksbill
Erodium x variabile Album
Storksbill
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ida, 11/12/2025
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Description
Erodium x variabile 'Album' is a beautiful perennial for rockeries or alpine gardens that flowers enthusiastically for weeks and thrives in poor, rocky, and dry soils in summer. This 'Album' variety bears delicately veined white flowers on a small cushion of green leaves. Similar to the perennial Geranium sanguineum, this variety, sometimes called Storksbill, provides the same benefits to gardeners, both in the garden and in pots.
Erodium x variabile Album belongs to the family Geraniaceae. There are around sixty species of Erodium, mainly originating from Mediterranean regions and western Asia. These hardy little plants grow in limestone mountains, on sunny, warm, and dry rocky slopes. The name Erodium comes from the Greek "erodios," which translates to heron, because the shape of the Erodium fruit resembles a heron or stork's beak. Erodium × variabile seems to be the result of hybridisation between the two species Erodium corsicum and E. reichardii. The 'Album' variety with almost white flowers is a small perennial, with a compact and spreading habit that forms a dense tuft measuring 12-15 cm (5-6in) in height and 30-40 cm (12-16in) in width. Its small leaves sometimes persist partially in winter, depending on the climate, but are mostly deciduous. They are rounded and lobed, a bright green colour that becomes more grey in summer. The flowering period is long, extending from May-June to September. The solitary flowers, with 5 irregular petals, are white veined with purple and form a 1 cm (0.5in) diameter cup.
Easy to grow, this hardy perennial, to -20°C, thrives in sun-exposed areas, gravel beds, rocky slopes, rockeries, the tops of walls, crevices between stones, and sunny borders. It withstands both drought and cold, but is sensitive to winter waterlogging. Pair Erodium with sedums, Delosperma, teucriums, or oreganos, for example. Cultivation in pots is entirely possible, using a mix of equal parts potting compost, garden soil, and gravel.
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Erodium
x variabile
Album
Geraniaceae
Storksbill
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Erodium variabile 'Album' should be planted in spring in well-drained and sunny soil. It prefers neutral to alkaline, rocky, well-drained terrain. It is not susceptible to any diseases or parasites. It is a hardy and drought tolerant young plant that only fears heavy soils (clay and compact soil) and dislikes waterlogged soil in winter. Almost maintenance-free. Clear the clumps untidy leaves, if necessary, at the end of winter.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.
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