What kind of flower is the Sunset Crane?
Okay, i'm going to get every backyard gardener east of denver jumping down my throat on this one, but it's time you all wake up and know the real name of one of your favorate potted plants. only then will you beleave me when i tell you the sunset crane is a type of geranium. the true geranium. not the plant most people know as the geranium is botanically Pelargonium. that silly looking, red flowered, fuzzy leafed thing everyone loves to stick in a pot by their front door every summer back east and mistakenly call a geranium is not really a geranium. even the fancy Martha Washington geranium is not a geranium. it is the Martha Washington Pelargonium. but whats the use? unless you are a botanist everybody back east is going to say i'm just another fruit cake from california. (born and raised in wisconsin i'd like to add) okay, your sunset crane is botanically a geranium, often called by it's common name cranesbill. okay, you have the real best answer, so go ahead and pick the wrong best answer from some smuck from back east who knows best. sure i have two post graduate degrees in science, been a univ certified master gardener for over 15 years and just might know a tad bit more then the eastern fair weather, summer time gardener. but don't let that prevent you from thinking i'm nuts and choosing a better, best answer. i'm used to it. grandma is always right... until her plant dies. then they call me for the real low down.
