Geum ‘Butterscotch’ (left) has pretty semi-double outward-facing flowers with bright orange petals. The stems, which are dark red/brown are about 25cm long, making this a good plant for the front of the border.  This year it flowered for 3 weeks from the 2nd May to the week beginning on the 16th May and then again from the 20th June to the 11th July.

Geum ‘Elizabeth’ (right) is a chiloense cultivar with double bright orange petals which are edged in red.  It is similar to ‘Farncombe’ but the flowers are slightly large and less compact.  The stems can be 36cm long and the flowering period started on 25th April and continued until the 26th June, a total of 9 weeks.

Geum ‘Farncombe’ (left) is a chiloense cultivar with long spreading stems - approximately 45cm. The large light orange flowers are mostly single.  This year it flowered from 25th April for 5 weeks.

Geum ‘Mango’ (right) is markedly different to other geums.  It makes a small compact plant covered with tiny double flowers, cream tinged with pink in the middle becoming bright red at the edge of the petals, all surrounding a mass of bright yellow stamens.

The stems, which are dusky brown achieve a height of 27cm.  ‘Mango Lassi’ appears to be the same.  Flowering time from 18th April to 9th May.

Geum ‘Snowflake’ (left) is unusual in that it is white and has semi-double outward facing flowers.  The pale green calyx and stems add to its charms. It hasn’t bulked up very much in the 3 years that I have been growing it, but it is in deep shade so it will be divided this autumn and planted in varying conditions to see how it responds.  Flowering time 4 weeks from the 18th April.

Geum ‘Stacey’s Sunrise’ (right) came from the Worcester- shire group of Plant Heritage.
It is a rivale cultivar with drooping soft orange petals enclosed in a red calyx and very dark red stems - height about 20cm.  It is a good strong plant which produces many flowers over a period from 11th  to 25th April.

Geum x intermedium ‘Diane’ (left) - not to be confused with G. montanum ‘Diana’ which has large yellow flowers.  ‘Diane’ has bright orange, upward facing, single flowers with slightly crinkly petals.  The dark red stems and calyx make an attractive contrast.
Height is 28cm.  Flowering time from 18th April until 2nd May.

Geum 'Totally Tangerine' (right)
A very exciting newcomer which has received many favourable revues since it was launched.  It has flat double pale orange flowers with darker marking and veins.  The centre of the flower is filled with yellow anthers.  The green stems are about 35cm long.  I only have one plant at present but it is doing well.  It started flowering during the week beginning the 25th April and continued until the 13th June - 8 weeks in all.

Geum 'Cotton Candy (left)
I obtained this plant from Roger Proud of East of Eden nursery near Carlisle.  It is one of many he has introduced recently and has proved to be a good vigorous plant with interesting flowers. These are drooping at first but become outward-facing and have very frilly widely separated petals which are pale cream with pink edges. As this has rivale in its parentage I am growing it in a shady position which it likes. It flowered from the 25th April until the week beginning 23rd May.

Geum 'Fresh Woods' (right)
The flowers are similar to Totally Tangerine but slightly smaller and a deeper orange.  I acquired my plant in 2009 and it flowered for the first time this year - from 2nd - 30th May.  Hopefully now it has settled down it will perform better in the future.

Geum'Marchant's Apricot Sundae' (left) This was named by Graham Gough of  Marchant’s Hardy Plants.  As its name suggests the flowers are an apricot colour overall - there is a base colour of yellow with orange splashes and dark veins - with a contrasting bright red calyx.  The flowers are drooping showing the influence of G. rivale. I have had my plant since 2008 and it has been slow to bulk up but flowers well - this year from 11th April until 16th May.