Maybe More Geraniums

This is the Cranesbill Geranium. I picked it up at a neighborhood plant swap many years ago, with its owner not knowing what it was. (Where else -- plants are free.) She though it was a moss phlox, which is understandable. Both have similar color flowers, and both creep along the ground. I know better. I had a 'Rozanne' variety once, but it was in a spot too shady and left this world.

I don't know the variety of this one, but it sure is a reliable ground coer and spring bloomer. The buds are so small that when you look at it one day you do not notice anything ready to bloom. Then the next day, pop! Flowers!

After it is finished for the spring, it remains quietly there, laid out and protecting the sloping ground from erosion. But hold on. I recently read that if the leaves are sheared off aft its spring flush, more leaves and flowers come back for more blooms. I must try this, but fear it would not work for me, and leave my sloping ground bare.