On the Wild Side
"Geranium maculatum, the wild geranium, spotted geranium, or wood geranium, is a perennial plant native to woodland in eastern North America, from southern Manitoba and southwestern Quebec south to Alabama and Georgia and west to Oklahoma and South DakotaIt is known as spotted cranesbill or wild cranesbill in Europe, but the wood cranesbill is another plant, the related G. sylvaticum (a European native called "woodland geranium" in North America). Colloquial names are alum root, alum bloom and old maid's nightcap."..from Wikipedia
Whatever their name, I am quite fond of these flowers. As the plants in my flower garden have seemingly grown four inches overnight, I've been especially pleased to find wild geraniums dotting the spaces between other flowering plants. Hooray for sunshine and flowers!
On the Wild Side
"Geranium maculatum, the wild geranium, spotted geranium, or wood geranium, is a perennial plant native to woodland in eastern North America, from southern Manitoba and southwestern Quebec south to Alabama and Georgia and west to Oklahoma and South DakotaIt is known as spotted cranesbill or wild cranesbill in Europe, but the wood cranesbill is another plant, the related G. sylvaticum (a European native called "woodland geranium" in North America). Colloquial names are alum root, alum bloom and old maid's nightcap."..from Wikipedia
Whatever their name, I am quite fond of these flowers. As the plants in my flower garden have seemingly grown four inches overnight, I've been especially pleased to find wild geraniums dotting the spaces between other flowering plants. Hooray for sunshine and flowers!