Geranium Reviews

i wanted to write a review on geraniums because they are so simple to grow, look pretty, last well and very cheap. If you want you can grow them from seeds but to be honest my experience with packet seeds has never been good. I just hardly get anything to grow from them (this is just geraniums. This applies to most seeds I've plants) ...  Read the complete review

~~ Introduction ~~ A popular flowering plant that can be grown outside or indoors. Overall I would say that it's an easy plant to grow for beginners. Geraniums are ideally grown in pots or can be placed effectively in the centre of hanging baskets or in a hanging arrangement depending upon the variety. The plant belongs to the family ...  Read the complete review

Many of us have been moaning about the recent rain but the geraniums in my garden seem to have loved all the wet weather!!! Never have I had such a good display of colour from the geraniums! On holidays abroad I often admire geranium displays in window boxes etc, but this summer my own displays are equally as good. It must be due to the excessive ...  Read the complete review

Geraniums or do you mean Pelagonium/ Geranium is a genus of about 300 species of perennials. Pelagonium is a genus of about 250 species. Often Plutonium?s are known incorrectly as Geranium?s. Geranium and Pelagonium are different genus very closely related. Geraniums were commonly cultivated in Europe and then Pelagonium were ...  Read the complete review

I am crazy about lots of plants but a particular favourite is the Geranium. Any kind, any colour! You only need to buy one plant and, hey presto, at the end of the season (before the frost sets in) many cuttings can easily be taken. Most people recommend taking a cutting from a shoot with no flower but I have always been successful with any ...  Read the complete review

Well, I've spent a small fortune on replacing my Geraniums over the years, only to find the right solution late in the day...tips for others I hope! In late September if you have Geraniums in the garden, lift the plants and re-pot in a mixture of John Innes 3 and Peat compost (they like good drainage). You can take cuttings if you ...  Read the complete review

There are many plants you associate with childhood – pansies, forget-me-nots, Californian poppies, but surely all of us have been familiar with geraniums from our earliest years. I remember as a small child being taken to one of my mother’s friends homes, a house just full of geraniums and the distinctive pungent smell sticks in my ...  Read the complete review