Plant Sale 2025 — Geranium maculatum

Geranium maculatum (Wild Geranium or Wild Cranesbill) is a great plant to add to gardens:

• It reaches from ½ – 2 feet in height
• It grows in part shade such as dappled shade under trees
• The white, pink or more often purple blooms appear between April and June
• The palmate leaves on this plant are attractive after the blooms have expired
• It is a host plant for 23 native moth and butterfly caterpillars
• Its seeds are eaten by chipmunks, mourning doves and bobwhite quail
• Deer generally do not like this plant

****Andrea distans is a mining bee found in Virginia that is dependent on Geranium maculatum for its life cycle****

Photos: E.M. Truax