Nomenclature aside, the plants we know and love as geraniums are truly wonderful plants that come in a variety of forms including: zonals, ivies, and interspecifics. All are available in a host of colors and bi-colors. Besides their flowers, zonal geraniums are prized for their pretty patterned foliage and upright form. Ivies make great basket plants because their trailing foliage and gorgeous blooms look terrific tumbling over the edge. And don't forget interspecific varieties. This relatively new type of geranium is a cross between zonal and ivy geraniums bearing the best qualities of both parents and never seem to go out of bloom. Geranium flowers are also highly prized by butterflies and hummingbirds. The plants are relatively deer resistant.
Geraniums provide a combination of showy blooms with pretty foliage; they like morning sun and afternoon shade
Premium quality, bold, colorful annuals perfect for planting in flower beds to complement perennials and shrubs; great when making your own container combination
Grow them in rich, well-drained soil and deadhead regularly and geraniums will consistently reward with new blooms
Water plants often during the growing season; water more frequently when dry
Plant behind your spreading and trailing plants to add a mounding, upright annual to your garden
Grow them in rich, well-drained soil, deadhead regularly and geraniums will consistently reward with new blooms