{"product_id":"oregon-geranium-seeds-geranium-oreganum","title":"Oregon Geranium Seeds (Geranium oreganum)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eOregon geranium is a soft-leaved spring perennial, a woodland edge and oak savanna species that is luminous in filtered light.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003ePollinated by small bees and flies, this May-July blooming wildflower provides both early-season nectar and a lush groundcover understory for wildlife. Peer beneath it for frogs and newts. Plant it in woodland edges and urban meadows to attract the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;\"\u003etansy-mustard sweat bee (\u003cem\u003eLasioglossum sisymbrii\u003c\/em\u003e), the common little leafcutter bee (\u003cem\u003eMegachile brevis\u003c\/em\u003e), the bufflehead mason bee (\u003cem\u003eOsmia bucephala\u003c\/em\u003e), the blue orchard bee (\u003cem\u003eOsmia lignaria\u003c\/em\u003e). Note the towhees that poke and prod within the foliage, plucking at caterpillars of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003egeranium plume moth (\u003cem\u003eAmblyptilia pica\u003c\/em\u003e). Deer on the other hand seem to ignore this plant. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eWhile Oregon geranium is specifically native across Oregon and northern California, low elevation gardeners can probably easily grow it from about southeastern Alaska to Big Sur (maybe even further south). It’s a plant that occurs mostly in and around moist (but not wet) ground. Ranging from about 6- to 18-inches tall, the pink\/lavender flowers and interesting dissected foliage make it an entirely attractive bedding plant, completely on par with the various non-native bedding plant geraniums found in nurseries. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003eOregon geranium seems to strongly benefit from 90+ day cold\/wet stratification which is probably why the plant is range-limited, and not more widely available in the commercial nursery trade. Once the seed dormancy is broken, young plants grow rapidly as long as they are provided with ample moisture, dappled shade, and rich soils. Protection from larger, more aggressive species is also a key to this plant succeeding -- push back the grasses while this plant establishes itself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Futura Medium',sans-serif;\"\u003e20 seeds (0.3 grams).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northwest Meadowscapes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50347163484406,"sku":null,"price":18.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1274\/1723\/files\/oregon-geranium-seeds-geranium-oreganum-8704052.jpg?v=1775586368","url":"https:\/\/northwestmeadowscapes.com\/products\/oregon-geranium-seeds-geranium-oreganum","provider":"Northwest Meadowscapes","version":"1.0","type":"link"}