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 ...

Thomas Jefferson took some to the White House ... along with a wide range of scented geranium varieties. She also sells the true geranium, a hardy perennial also known as cranesbill.

And that shade of blue is pretty unusual in the plant world. I can't think of a place in my garden where a blue-and-white geranium would work very well. I can see it in a white garden, or mixed ...

True geraniums are hardy perennials that return ... rose, magenta or pure white. These versatile, undemanding and long-lived plants serve as ground covers, thrive in shady and sunny sites, and ...

By the way, the plants with big heads of red, pink or white flowers that we call geraniums are not geraniums. They are pelargoniums. True geraniums grow in the wild in the Sandhills and have ...

I am here to tell you that these plants that we are accustomed to calling geraniums are actually in the botanical genus of Pelargonium. True geraniums are hardy perennials that are found in woodlands.