Meadow Cranesbill  Geranium pratense -is one of the most showy of all wild meadow plants. The large purple-blue flowers appear between July and August. Meadow Cranesbill is a great general-purpose plant that grows on a wide variety of soil types in full sun or semi- shade. Meadow Cranesbill seeds are contained in capsules that explode once ripe, dispersing the seeds a good distance, so it will establish and spread readily. Meadow Cranesbill is particularly well suited to cottage gardens and looks best grown alongside other summer flowering wildflowers such as Ox-eye daisy, Black Knapweed, Greater Knapweed, Small Scabious, Field Scabious and Birdsfoot trefoil.