Key Points Start geranium seeds indoors in January or February for spring blooms.Keep seeds warm (70–75°F), moist, and in bright light until they develop two true leaves.Transplant to pots, fertilize ...

"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 ...

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 ...

This low-maintenance small perennial doesn't just thrive in pots — it rewards you with beautiful purple flowers and hardly ...

Gaillardia, sometimes known as blanket flower, can be annuals, biennials, or perennials (check the seed packet). They have hairy leaves and showy daisy-like blossoms, usually in various combinations ...

Are Cranesbill Geraniums Annuals or Perennials? Don’t confuse the cranesbill geranium with annual Pelargonium geraniums that fill garden centers every spring. All 300 species of cranesbill geraniums ...

Geraniums and pelargoniums are easy-to-grow perennials familiar to most gardeners but often confused with one another. While both are in the geranium family, the most common plants sold as geraniums ...

If I were to label a perennial as perfect -- or as close to perfect as is possible -- I'd pick hardy geraniums. Their needs are simple, they aren't heavy feeders, they don't require staking and they ...

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 ...

Geraniums. The word brings to mind images of baseball-size red or orange flowers that are boldly held above bright green scalloped leaves. They’re a lot like lollipops of the plant world — sweet but ...