General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Other: flowers have five petals; cut plants back almost all the way to the ground after flowering
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Can handle transplanting
Other info: Self-seeding
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Other: Take semi-ripe cuttings during the late summer when growth has slowed and plant stems have become firmer.
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Wild Geranium
  • Geranium

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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-29
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2013-06-14
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-29
Location: RHS Harlow Carr gardens, Yorkshire, England UK 
Date: 2021-05-29
Geranium maculatum Elizabeth Ann
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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2016-05-12
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2013-06-14
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2013-06-14
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2009-05-22
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2009-05-22
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-06-12

Date: 2012-05-02
Uploaded by Windigo
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2009-05-22
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-05-06
Location: Plymouth Nursery, Plymouth, MI
Date: 2010-05-06
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-05-10
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-08-22
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-04-22

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