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Cranesbill

Geranium maculatum

One of the best spring-blooming natives, this low-maintenance beauty produces pink to lilac five-petaled flowers that give way to distinctive seed capsules. Has deeply cut, five-lobed dark green leaves.

BLOOM TIME

  • May
  • June
  • July

SUNLIGHT

  • Full Sun
  • Partial Sun
  • Partial Shade
  • Full Shade

SOIL TYPE

  • Well Drained
  • Dry
  • Moist
  • Texture (Sand)
  • Texture (Loam)
  • Texture (Clay)
  • High Organic Matter
  • pH Acid <6.0
  • pH Neutral 6.0-8.0

HEIGHT

1-3'

CATERPILLAR SPECIES HOSTED

10-100

WILDLIFE BENEFITED

Caterpillars, Pollinators, Butterflies

Artist: Jada Fitch

Photo Credit: Dan Jaffe