What is the best perennial geranium?

Top 10 hardy geraniums for the garden

• Geranium Rozanne (‘Gerwat’) / ‘Jolly Bee’
• Geranium renardii.
• Geranium pratense ‘Mrs Kendall Clark’
• Geranium x oxonianum ‘Wageningen’
• Geranium ‘Orion’
• Geranium ‘Mavis Simpson’
• Geranium clarkei ‘Kashmir White’
• Geranium (Cinereum Group) ‘Ballerina’

Should I cut off old geranium flowers?

After a perennial geranium has spent the season in bloom and begins to die back, you’ll want to prune it. This keeps the plant dormant for the winter and also helps it store energy for spring. But not to worry, next spring your blooms will be back in full display of their beauty.

Do perennial geraniums need sun?

Perennial Geranium Care Must-Knows As a whole, geraniums can grow happily in full sun to part shade. Many varieties also do fine in more shade, but then may have fewer flowers. Perennial geraniums also appreciate well-drained soil and will sulk if they stay too wet.

What are the names of the geraniums that bloom?

Of the common geraniums, ‘Orange Appeal’ blooms in vibrant orange, ‘Mrs. Pollock’ produces brilliant red flowers, and ‘Golden Ears’ has eye-catching coral blooms. The ivy geraniums bloom in white, red, coral, rose, and lavender hues. Heat can tire your geraniums.

What kind of flowers do ivy geraniums produce?

Of the common geraniums, ‘Orange Appeal’ blooms in vibrant orange, ‘Mrs. Pollock’ produces brilliant red flowers, and ‘Golden Ears’ has eye-catching coral blooms. The ivy geraniums bloom in white, red, coral, rose, and lavender hues.

When was the first time I planted a geranium?

American growers first fell in love with the geranium flower over 200 years ago, and it’s not hard to see why. Geraniums fill hanging baskets, containers and flower beds with fancy leaves that are as attractive as the clusters of dainty blooms they surround. Planting geraniums can be extremely easy and rewarding.

How tall does a variegated Geranium plant get?

Flowers open in a range of colors, including lavender, pink, burgundy, white and bicolor blends. Variegated geraniums up the geranium game by adding multicolored leaves to the plant. This is a type of zonal geranium that grows strongly upright — as tall as 3 feet.