Stephen L. Solheim from Wisconsin State Herbarium website
 

Common Name	Wild Geranium
Scientific Name	Geranium maculatum
Height	1'-2'
Sun/Shade	Full sun (if given enough moisture) - partial shade
Bloom Season	April - July.  Bloom for 2-3 weeks
Bloom Color	Lavender
Soil	Moist, rich
Disease Susceptibility	Occasional rust - not fatal.
Propagation	Space young plants at least 10" apart. Divide rhizomes in early spring or fall.
Notes	Spreads, stays green whole season.  Blooms after 2-3 years.

 
 

	Prairie Nursery	Enders	Possibility Place
Costs	2 yr bare root  1-3 $4.95ea.  4-11 $3.95ea.  12-31 $3.75ea.  32-63 $3.25ea.  64-95 $2.95ea.  96+ $2.75 ea.	Native plant retail prices:  ½ pint - 2.35,  pint - 3.40,  quart - 4.75,  ½ gallon - 5.95,  gallon - 7.50 & up.	Flat of 32 - $37.00    2" plug - $2.25 each    gallons - $4.75

Information on Geranium maculatum:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=GERMAC
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.
-Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest.  Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999