Wild Geranium
Wild Geranium is a great plant for extending your pollinator support into the spring season. This common woodland native, found throughout the eastern half of the U.S, delivers an abundance of bright lavender flowers that are super-attractive to pollinators …
| 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, Deer Resistant |
Wild Geranium is a great plant for extending your pollinator support into the spring season. This common woodland native, found throughout the eastern half of the U.S, 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.
Long-lived, Wild Geranium 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 for 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 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.
