A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Wild geranium
Geranium maculatum
Spring flowers feed bees and butterflies, and songbirds can eat the seeds that follow.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Best in humus-rich, moist soil with drainage; summer drought can cause the foliage to die back.
- Sunlight
- Part sun & shade
- Soil moisture
- Average moisture / Moist to wet
- Mature size
- 14–18 in tall · 1–1½ ft wide
- Season of interest
- Spring
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 3–11
- Garden role
- A soft flowering border
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of bloody cranesbill.
Geranium sanguineum
Try wild geranium for a soft flowering border.
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Photo credits & licenses
Wild geranium: Cathy Dewitt · CC BY 4.0
Bloody cranesbill: Hectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0
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