Geranium

Cranesbill hardy geraniums are found throughout temperate regions of the world and mountains of the tropics. Widely grown as horticultural bedding plants, geraniums are perennials and generally winter hardy plants, grown for their attractive flowers and foliage. They are long lived and most have a mounding habit, with palmately lobed foliage. They are normally grown in part shade to full sun, in well draining but moisture retentive soils, rich in humus. Propagate with semiripe cuttings in summer, by seed or by division in autumn or spring. Some species have spreading rhizomes.