They are on an unintentional mission of destruction. The goal of Japanese beetles: Seek out and devour the leaves of any and all ornamental trees and shrubs. Among those plants, however, lurks an ...

Common geraniums in the Pelargonium genus are attractive container and bedding plants adding color and fragrance to the garden all season long, but did you know there are different types of Geraniums ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Native to Africa, geraniums (Pelargonium spp) are low-maintenance flowers that come in colors ranging ...

Take your basic boring, over-used, sparse-blooming but hard-to-kill red geranium that so many people will be buying in the next few weeks. Then take a handsome, glossy-leafed, trailing ivy geranium ...

Just like peanut butter and chocolate, or cheese and crackers, there’s something about growing geraniums in containers that feels like the perfect partnership. That’s not to say that geranium care is ...

Q-I visited Austria last year and want to have ivy geraniums like they have in window boxes everywhere. I have never seen them here. Are they a special variety? A-You have fallen for the Swiss balcony ...

Q: Please suggest some plants that would do well in a window box that is in full sun. I want lots of bright color. -- G.H., Bellevue MB: Ivy geraniums are my first choice for hot color in a hot spot.

Fancy-leaf and variegated are another sub-group of Pelargoniums. – Original Credit: Ken Spencer These ivy geraniums, second most popular type, still looking good in January! Geraniums have staying ...

Nothing signals the start of the garden season like a cheerful pot of geraniums among your porch planters. But did you know there are two major types? There are true geraniums (Geranium spp.), which ...

Growth habit: A vining perennial with bright green, ivylike leaves; grows to 1 foot tall with 2-foot shoots. Light: Grow in full-sun to lightly shaded locations. Water needs: Water when the surface ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Somewhere along the line, almost all of us have come across and recognize geraniums — or what we think are geraniums. The fleshy-leafed plants, with their long flower stalks and ...

There’s more to geraniums than the old-fashioned, red-flowering plants our great-grandmothers used to brighten a windowsill or fill a planter on the front steps. Even the most avid admirers of ...