Plant nerds unite!
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@jnitzky shares attributes and combination ideas for Wild Geranium
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Plant Profile: Wild Geranium
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Botanical Name: Geranium maculatum
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Common Name: Wild Geranium or Crane’s Bill Geranium
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Plant Type: Perennial
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Plant Size: 1-2 feet high and wide
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Bloom: Typically blooms late April to June with showy pink to lilac, five-petaled flowers at top of stems
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Foliage: Deeply cut, palmately 5-lobed, medium green leaves adds nice texture to the woodland edge
Easily grown in average, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. They prefer moist, rich soils but can tolerate poor or dry soils. Geraniums thrive in part shade areas under trees and in woodland gardens.
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Zone: 3 to 8
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Native to Northeastern North America
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Other Attributes: Attracts butterflies and bees; tolerates rabbit, deer, drought, dry soil
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Companion plants: Hosta, astilbe, heuchera, bluebells, ferns
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Jennifer is reporting for us in the #ny area including from @wavehill @untermyergardens @nybg @highlinenyc @brooklynbotanic .
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