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 ...

We’ll talk about growing beautiful geraniums, and whether or not it’s too early to plant the rest of your garden. It’s late April, and we’re all anxious to get our flowers and vegetables growing in ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOISE, Idaho — Geraniums are some of the prettiest and most popular flowers for home gardeners. They come in a variety of colors and look great as accents in containers and hanging baskets. We learn ...

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 ...

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" ...