Geranium maculatum 'Espresso' - Espresso Wild Cranesbill

Espresso Wild Cranesbill is a native low-mounding semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial with deeply lobed bronze palmate foliage.  The small lavender pink flowers bloom in masses from mid spring into summer and are followed by beaked seed capsules.  Flowers best in part shade and moist, well-drained soils.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Can tolerate full sun if soils kept consistently moist, otherwise will experience decline in hot summers.  Lightly sheared back after flowering to revitalize the plant if declined.  Some susceptibility to leaf spots and rusts

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Rock Gardens, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Coneflower, Blanket Flower, Blue Fescue

IMAGES: Prides Corner, Geranium maculatum Espresso, (2) BallSeed Inc, Geranium maculatum Espresso

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.