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 ...

A tried-and-true flowering perennial for the Ohio garden is the Biokovo cranesbill (Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’). This early summer bloomer is mounding with fragrant, seven-lobed, medium sea ...

Awash in pastel pinks and yellows, fresh greens, delicate blues and sweet purples, the late spring garden is far from anemic, but rather resembles a watercolor painting. One of the prettiest plants to ...

This is a bed of true geraniums growing in our front yard. My notes say it’s the biokovo breed, which according to this site means it’s a Biokovo Cranesbill (geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’), so ...

This article was published 06/05/2015 (3782 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current. This year’s Perennial Plant of the Year (as chosen by the Perennial Plant Association), Biokovo ...

Drum roll, please! The botanical Oscar for “best perennial performance in an Oklahoma garden” goes to: Biokovo! Although it’s a tad early to plant, it’s not too early to dream and scheme about all the ...

This is one part in a weekly series featuring the UC Davis Arboretum’s “40 Plants You (Probably) Have Never Heard of – But Will Love,” 40 can’t-fail, easy-care, low-water plants well adapted to our ...

At heart I am a plant collector. Time and finances do not permit me to attend rare-plant auctions or scale the Himalayas in search of choice specimens, but the Internet gives me access to all kinds of ...