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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you're looking for a hardy, low-maintenance flower that grows low and looks beautiful, then geraniums ...

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 ...

Today we will be discussing one of the easiest and most carefree perennials in the garden – perennial geraniums. What your mother thought all her life was a geranium in her garden is actually not a ...

When it comes to flowering plants at the OPC senior center display garden in Rochester, we depend mostly on annuals to keep the color coming throughout the season. However, shrubs that flower and/or ...

True geraniums? Aren’t those smelly yet showy annuals we buy and pot every year “true” geraniums? Well, not really. We call them zonal geraniums, and they are pelargoniums. No big deal. It’s all just ...

Since I ranted earlier this spring about a geranium species you do not want in your garden, it seems only fair to feature some of the many geraniums that are thoroughly worth growing. These geraniums ...

The Perennial Plant Association named the hardy Geranium ‘Rozanne’ as its 2008 Perennial Plant of the Year. Also known as Cranesbill, perennial geraniums have long been a staple on the gardeners’ ...

When I first started gardening more than 40 years ago, it made no sense to me why anyone would plant a flower that lived for just one summer when there were so-called “perennials” that came back year ...

It's discouraging to add beautiful flowering plants to your landscape, only to see them devoured by deer, rabbits, or both. Next time you need to replace a deer- or rabbit-ravaged plant, consider one ...