A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Northern geranium
Geranium erianthum
Native blue-purple flowers add color to a moist border.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Keep soil moist; seeds can scatter widely from ripe pods.
- Sunlight
- Part sun & shade
- Soil moisture
- Average moisture
- Mature size
- Up to 4 ft tall · Spread not specified
- Season of interest
- Blue-purple flowers
- Local climate
- Choose nursery stock suited to local winters.
- Garden role
- A flowering native perennial
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of bloody cranesbill.
Geranium sanguineum
Try northern geranium for a flowering native perennial.
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Northern geranium: Epibase · CC BY 3.0
Bloody cranesbill: Hectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0
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