More Than a Mere Geranium
If there ever was a division of plants in any family truly mixed up, it most certainly is the pelargonium division of the geranium family. The group is gigantic in numbers, weird in some of the plant...
View ArticleTaking Geranium Cuttings
Question – When should I take cuttings of geraniums for strong, winter-blooming plants? Answer – Cuttings of the geranium, begonia, coleus and impatiens may be taken (August). Root them in damp sand...
View ArticleGeraniums Stand for Happy
Summary: Indoors or out, you’ll be swept away by the charm of geraniums. Their happy bright looks are unsuppressible, geraniums flaunt all the warm cheerful colors of the spectrum, sharpened with an...
View ArticleEasy To Grow Zonal Geraniums
Zonal Geraniums aka – “Zonals” are easy to grow in bright sunny climates. They prefer a soil which is not too rich and full sunshine, except in the heat of midsummer when the broken shade of trees or...
View ArticleFancy Leaved And Scented Geraniums
As a class, the fancy-leaved zonal geranium, of which there are dozens available commercially, are not easy to grow. For one thing, the variegations are due to lack of chlorophyll in the leaves, a lack...
View ArticleTuberous Rooted and Ivy Geraniums
Ivy geraniums have very glossy, almost leathery ivy-like heaves, trailing angular green stems and large long-stemmed trusses of single or double flowers. They are ideal trailers for the cool window...
View ArticleHardy Geraniums
What do you think when geraniums are mentioned? Florists and gardeners in frostless or near frostless regions probably visualize the showy pelargonium or one of its ilk. But speak of geraniums to the...
View ArticleProblems With Geraniums – Over Care
Many people have written and ask why they can’t get geraniums to grow good for them and to bloom good. I think in most cases it is too much fussy care. Try giving your geraniums a little neglect. Of...
View ArticleSummer Spotlight on Geraniums
Summary: Summertime puts geraniums in the spotlight! Many different varieties create a blaze of bloom in window boxes, gardens and containers. It is time to add geraniums to your garden collection....
View ArticleTraining Geranium Trees
Training slender-stemmed plants to a treelike or standard form is not a new gardening technique. But have you tried it with geraniums? One of the most striking garden displays imaginable is that of a...
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