The best hardy geranium varieties (aka cranesbills) provide months of color and effective ground cover. In the last 50 or 60 years, these dependable jewel-hued bloomers have become some of our most ...

Geraniums (Pelargonium) are iconic mainstays in American home gardens. Not only do they come in a variety of colors, but they also range in sizes between several inches and several feet tall. These ...

Geraniums are a classic summer annual in our area, but come in all shapes and sizes. Actually, the summer annuals we call geraniums are known as pelargonium. Hardy, perennial geraniums are native ...

Wild geranium is a hardy perennial found growing naturally in the woodlands of North America. If you have a shady yard or dark borders beneath a large tree, this is the plant to grow. Wild geraniums, ...

BOISE, Idaho — Geraniums are some of the prettiest and most popular flowers for home gardeners. They come in a variety of colors and look great as accents in containers and hanging baskets. We learn ...

What’s in a name? The name geranium brings several things to mind: The stalwart red blooms we see everywhere from memorial plants marking a loved-ones grave to mass borders in ahome landscape to a ...

Question: I just found out that geraniums aren’t actually geraniums! I’ve been growing them in a porch pot for years and didn’t realize there’s also a perennial called a geranium. What’s the ...

Some varieties smell like roses, pine, chocolate, apples, or strawberries! Geraniums are hardy, low-maintenance, and can thrive both indoors and outdoors with proper care. There are various types of ...

Tender geraniums won't survive winter in growing zones 9 and below without protection. They can be overwintered indoors as houseplants or cuttings, or kept in a dormant, bare root state. In spring, ...

A few years ago, a wonderful lady from church asked me if you can keep geraniums over the winter. When I was in the greenhouse business with my family, we had very unusual clients. One client we had ...

If you could take a sunny disposition, contentment, and good old-fashioned reliability and create a flower, it would be the geranium. They’ve been gracing our homes since pioneer days and are an ...

If you brought plants inside last fall, they're likely to have become straggly. You can prune them and make new, free plants from the trimmings. Cut back lanky geranium stems. This will encourage them ...