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 ...

The name geranium conjures up pictures of hanging baskets and clay pots filled with large clusters of brilliant red, white or pink blossoms. Actually, these plants are not true geraniums at all and ...

Ian and Teresa Moss have a small nursery specialising in hardy and unusual perennials. It’s the kind of nursery where you’ll always find some little treasure you’ve never seen before, lovingly grown ...

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 ...

Six hardy geraniums have received high ratings in the Chicago Botanic Garden’s six-year evaluation of the genus. The botanic garden in Glencoe tested 111 species and cultivars of hardy 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 someone says geranium, what do you see? It’s probably big globes of lipstick-red flowers, green leaves with scalloped edges on a plant rising 1 foot from a clay pot. That’s a geranium. But so is ...

If you want to keep deer and rabbits out of your garden, try planting this drought-tolerant and low maintenance plant. Its scent acts as a deterrent.

Hardy geraniums are loved for their vibrant purple petals and long flowering period, making them a long-standing favourite for gardeners across the UK. Both cold and frost hardy, cranesbills offer an ...