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 wonderfully low maintenance and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes - Getty Hard-working heroes of the spring and summer garden, hardy geraniums are having a comeback. Many would ...

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, ...

They’re surprisingly tough and very diverse, with varieties for almost every situation in the garden. Although many of them love the sun, plenty of varieties are said to be happy in shade, including ...

Anyone now planning their colour scheme for summer is likely to have a geranium somewhere in a pot, hanging basket or border. But for me among the most worthwhile of geraniums are the hardy ones, ...

Some of my very favorite garden plants are the true geraniums; aka hardy geranium, perennial geranium and cranesbill geranium. Ketzel Levine, author of “Plant This” and former Oregonian and NPR ...

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 ...