Geranium Incanum in a perennial from South Africa that has become naturalized in parts of Southern California, though it's not listed as invasive.

In my garden it is extremely tough and carefree. I read on several websites that it is evergreen, which is peculiar because in my garden it seems to die back to the ground at the end of fall, and then I see it again starting in late winter. The leaves are dissected, and it is a spreading groundcover type plant, hence the common name of "carpet geranium." If you do want to have this plant, you will have to watch it due to its tendency to spread and its habit of readily self seeding. It is, however, very easy to pull out. The flowers are definitely what makes the plant worthy, in my opinion. A beautiful purplish-pink color that seems to glow. Its biggest flush of flowers is in the spring with another smaller flush in the fall and intermittent blooms at other times. Word of caution, in my garden aphids love them! I once pulled one out of the ground and what I saw was horrific, aphids everywhere! Some were monstrously big. I now watch them, especially the ones nearest my other plants. If I spray with neem oil once every week or two, it solves the problem.

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