Q: I won a Martha Washington geranium plant as a door prize. Can I plant it outside now? I was told it is a perennial. -- C.H., Centralia M.B.: Not so fast. Martha has a bit of a reputation as a fussy ...

Geraniums come in many colors such as this aptly named Orange Parfait, a Martha Washington or Regal variety. Donn Reiners The second week of May is traditionally a time to visit the local nursery for ...

I have a lovely pink and white ‘Martha Washington’ geranium — actually a pelargonium, botanically speaking — that has been blooming outside my kitchen door for many years. I’ve named her Trudy and she ...

When I first met my mother-in-law, I was working on a piece of crewelwork of red geraniums. As a way of connecting, she told me about a frieze she once painted of red geraniums along the top of her ...

For most gardeners, a geranium is either red, white, pink, lavender or coral. No mystery there, just a matter of taste. Occasionally we poke them in the ground, put more often these "old reliables" ...

The plants most gardeners call geraniums are actually Pelargoniums – not true Geraniums. But just as ‘’a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,’’ the Southern African plants sold as common ...