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 …
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.
Native plants can be grown outside of their native range in the appropriate growing conditions. This map shows the native range, as well as the introduced range, of this species.
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Will these come ready to flower this spring? Thanks!
The Wild Geranium plants are in 3" pots. (this is noted just above price panel on the web page) . The 3" potted plant is fairly small, relative to a fully mature wild geranium. Since wild geraniums flower in May, if you plant these in early April, it is possible that they will have time to develop a flower or two, depending upon the weather, but the plants will not have enough time to mature and produce full flowering after just 2 months. The following spring they will be much, much larger and productive.
Should Wild Geraniums be cut back in fall?
There's not much reason to cut back Wild Geranium in the fall. The plants will die back on their own (if you live in a cold winter zone). The leaves of winter dormant plants provide insulation to the soil thru the cold months and this helps create a more productive habitat for birds, when they forage for insects in the spring. The decomposing leaves also enrich the soil. In warmer zones Wild Geranium plants may be semi-evergreen in the winter. You can cut it back if you wish, however it is unecessary. Leaving winter foliage in place is an easy way to support biodiversity in the landscape. If you wish to tidy up the area without loosing the positive benefits, simply cut the plants back to the ground and spread the cut plant material over the ground.
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