Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

A common woodland native, found throughout the eastern half of the U.S, Wild Geranium delivers an abundance of bright lavender flowers that are super-attractive to pollinators. Solitary bees, bumble bees and several species of butterflies are drawn to its nectar and pollen. This is a great plant for offering pollinator support in the spring …

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Plants 3" Pots
1-4 $7.99 ea.
5-10 $6.99 ea.
11-31 $5.99 ea.
32+ $4.99 ea.
Availability: In stock
SKU
33850-03
Cultural Details
Soil Type Loam, Sand
Soil Moisture Dry, Medium
Sun Exposure Partial, Shade
Height 1' - 2'
Bloom Color Lavender
Bloom Time May, June
Spacing 1'
Zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Root Type Rhizome
Benefits Pollinators, Host Plant, Deer Resistant

A common woodland native, found throughout the eastern half of the U.S, Wild Geranium delivers an abundance of bright lavender flowers that are super-attractive to pollinators. Solitary bees, bumble bees and several species of butterflies are drawn to its nectar and pollen. This is a great plant for offering pollinator support in the spring.

The long-lived plants expand to form a nice mounded mass, covered with flowers. Deeply lobed palmate leaves stay attractive all season-long in the shade, where it can eventually form a very nice ground cover. Geranium maculatum does prefer shade or partial shade, but it will grow in full sun if the soil is rich and consistently damp.

Also called Cranesbill, a common name which refers to the pointy structure on the seed pod that serves to jetison the mature seed pods away from the parent plant.

Wild geranium is a larval host plant for the White-Marked Tussock moth Orgyia leucostigma.