One of the best choices for massed plantings, filling in quickly to create a bushy groundcover. Great bronzy-red fall color. Magenta-pink blooms in summer. Plants stand up well to a wide range of soil and climate conditions, including hot, humid weather. Easily divided in spring or fall. Native to Europe and northern Turkey.
TRY THE NATIVE!
Geranium maculatum
Native to much of eastern North America, this perennial has attractive dissected foliage, beautiful pink flowers, and readily spreads to form colonies of long-blooming pollinator paradise. Found in woodlands in the wild, it does equally well in full sun.
NATIVE TO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE U.S.
wild geranium