Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Geraniums are wonderfully low maintenance and come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes - Getty Hard-working heroes of the spring ...

The best hardy geranium varieties (aka cranesbills) provide months of color and effective ground cover. In the last 50 or 60 years, these dependable jewel-hued bloomers have become some of our most ...

Bread and butter. I grew up eating it with nearly every meal, perhaps to pad things out when money was scarce and appetites large. But I still love a taste of the familiar – which is what geraniums ...

If only everything in life were as reliable as a geranium... SURVEYING the garden as midsummer approaches I’m often reminded of the gardeners’ old adage: "If in doubt, plant a geranium." Before ...

I say cranesbill, though it could be a pelargonium. Either way, these fuss-free beauties will pepper your borders with glorious colour all summer long Let's get the technical stuff out of the way ...

Hardy geraniums are loved for their vibrant purple petals and long flowering period, making them a long-standing favourite for gardeners across the UK. Both cold and frost hardy, cranesbills offer an ...

There are also several handsome selections of the meadow cranesbill, Geranium pratense, with showy purple foliage. “It’s fair to say that, in terms of flower and foliage colour, the differences ...

I have just come in from an early-morning inspection of the garden. The fresh new foliage of summer is beaded with moisture and when I look back there is a meandering trail in the silvery dew where I ...