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Geraniaceae
Wood crane's-bill
Geranium sylvaticum
Also known as Geranium ranunculifolium, Geranium caroli-principis, Geranium endressii var. glandulosum, Geranium venosum
Zones 4–8Sun Partial SunWater ModerateCare Low
Native Plants · Geranium · Woodland · Hardy · Flowers · Shade · Perennial · Self-Seeding · Purple · Spring · Low-Maintenance
Pet-safeBeginner-friendlyMedicinalAttracts pollinators
In stock at 1 nurseryStock updated 9/6/2026
This hardy woodland geranium produces attractive purple-pink flowers in late spring and thrives in partial shade. It's very low maintenance once established and self-seeds readily in suitable conditions. Excellent for naturalizing in woodland gardens or shaded borders.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply when top 2 inches of soil are dry · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-8b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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