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North Carolina
Wild Geranium in flower
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Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

It grows wild in 48 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.

Light
Part shade to full sun
Soil
Moist soil
Size
1.3 ft to 1.5 ft tall, 1.2 ft wide
Flowers
Blue, pink, purple, red and white
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
A taproot
Kind
Wildflower
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Wild Geranium, drawn in a bed

in flowerfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Caterpillars
26 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
15 kinds of native bees
Birds
11 kinds of birds
On its flowers
Mining bee (Andrena distans), Mining bee (Andrena geranii), Scissor bee (Chelostoma philadelphi), Small carpenter bee (Ceratina strenua)

Grows well with

Robin's-plantain1.5 ft tallNew Jersey Tea2.5 ft tallBluestem Goldenrod2.5 ft tallNarrowleaf Sundrops1.4 ft tallCalico Aster3 ft tallBlack Huckleberry2 ft tallSmall's Ragwort2.3 ft tallWild Strawberry6 in tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Geranium maculatum.