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 Virginia Living Museum
Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
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Height: |
1 - 2 feet |
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Light: |
Sun to part shade |
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Moisture: |
Moist, well-drained soil |
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Bloom Time: |
April - May |
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Flower Color: |
Pale pink, deep pink, lilac |
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Foliage: |
Green. May yellow in hot summers if
soil is allowed to dry out |
Clump forming, Wild Geranium (also called 'Cranesbill') has attractive leaves and eye-catching blue-violet petals that attract bees and butterflies.
Although it does well in part-shade, blooms will be more profuse in full sun.
Once established, Wild Geranium is somewhat drought tolerant. It is used as a groundcover or woodland accent.
The flowers give way to distinctive, beaked capsules resembling a "crane's bill."
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