Geranium maculatum 24/11 Restock substantial foliage shrugs off much

substantial foliage shrugs off much of the slug damage that plagues thinner-leaved hostas

The sole species in the genus

This native deciduous holly loses the leaves in fall to reveal bare gray stems packed with fruit

Winterberry

and ample water

Geranium maculatum 24/11 Restock substantial foliage shrugs off muchIn the dappled understory of the Eastern woods, Geranium maculatum has made a home for as long as the forests have stood. Known to generations as wild geranium or cranesbill, this native perennial forms a tidy clump of softly lobed leaves and lifts loose sprays of rose purple, five petaled flowers, as much a part of the old spring landscape as dogwood and trillium. From April into June the blossoms open, delicate and unassuming, hovering like woodland