Anyone know what this plant is please?

[SecretSix]

A neighbour kindly gave me lots of plants when I was making a new border, and I’ve remembered most of them but not this.

It’s grown quite large, flopped all over the plant next to it, and hasn’t flowered as far as I can recall.

What do I do with it? It’s not dying off in the frost, but do i cut it back now? It’s growing new leaves from its centre.

That is a hardy geranium. You can cut the dead or dying leaves back now.

yes geranium.. it will have small flowers - probably purple - and come back each year

Yes, looks like Johnsons Blue to me:

www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/95458/i-Geranium-i-Johnson-s-Blue/Details

As Alternative said cut it right back to the ground now. Wear gloves though as it's fairly common to get a bit of a rash from geraniums.

Thanks! I wonder why it didn't flower?

if it was new in, it may have just been establishing a root system.. I expect it will next year.. they can grow quite big, but if its the first year i wouldn't cut it back .. )

I have Johnson's Blue in my garden. It didn't flower this year because I transplanted in the spring. It will flower next year.

I recently cut mine back as the leaves were going brown. This is normal. Geraniums are very hardy plants and the bees love them. Your plant will look great next summer.

Thanks, sorry for the delay in replying again ☺️

A while ago now...it has burst into flower. I’m not sure it’s worth all the space it takes up! I’ve got a small tree peony behind it and it’s drowning.

Those flowers are blue! Look very purple in the photo.

You will get a long flowering season from it, so I’d just prune off the leaves that cover the Peony.
I like this type of geranium, they often fill the gaps when there are few flowers in the garden.

Thanks. Border is a bit packed, I’ll see how it goes.