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 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 ...

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 ...

It's possible to overwinter your geraniums so that they can last into the next year, and there are multiple benefits for ...

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 ...

Geraniums and pelargoniums are easy-to-grow perennials familiar to most gardeners but often confused with one another. While both are in the geranium family, the most common plants sold as geraniums ...

Geraniums. The word brings to mind images of baseball-size red or orange flowers that are boldly held above bright green scalloped leaves. They’re a lot like lollipops of the plant world — sweet but ...

Some varieties smell like roses, pine, chocolate, apples, or strawberries! One of my greatest spring joys every year is bringing some of my indoor potted plants outside to our deck to soak in the warm ...

At the beginning of the 19th century, the geranium was a novel and beloved plant. Thomas Jefferson took some to the White House. But by the end of the century, people were sick of it. William Morris, ...

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 ...