| All over the country, geraniums flaunt
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| | Washington geraniums (also called show or
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| their red and scarlet, rose, pink, and
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| | fancy geraniums), not to mention a few
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| white blooms with a gay abandon that few
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| | oddities of cactus and climbing types.The
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| other plants can rival. In boxes on city
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| | zonal geranium is characterized by dark
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| fire escapes and rooftops, in window
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| | circular markings on the rounded green
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| boxes on suburban and country houses, in
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| | leaves. Double types dominate the trade
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| tubs and pots on terraces and patios, and
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| | and are offered by florists in the spring
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| in hanging baskets of the porches of
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| | for planting in gardens and window
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| summer cottages, they are beloved and
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| | boxes.Variegated geraniums, with leaves
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| cherished plantsIt needs sun to bloom; it
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| | that are often brilliantly colored, are
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| tolerates shade, where it is usually
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| | attractive even out of bloom. Set among
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| handled as a foliage plant. What it
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| | green-leaved geraniums and other foliage
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| resents is too much moisture and a rich
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| | plants, pots of the variegated plants add
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| diet. Kept too wet, the leaves turn
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| | color and pattern.The trailing,
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| yellow; given a heavy soil, one high in
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| | ivy-leaved geraniums are among the most
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| nitrogen plants go to foliage and flower
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| | profuse flowering when grown under
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| sparingly.Even if you choose no other
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| | favorable conditions. They dislike shade
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| plants, you could have a varied potted
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| | and high humidity and thrive best in
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| garden of single and double zonal,
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| | climates with warm days and cool nights,
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| fancy-leaved or variegated,
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| | as in California.
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| scented-leaved, ivy and Lady or Martha
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