Fish Geranium, Horseshoe Geranium, Zonal Geranium

This plant is not an annual in parts of Northern CA that are considered zones 7-9 (Chico, Paradise, etc). Not sure if this is due to our ...Read Morehot, dry summers and wet winters or some other factor/s. I can remember one specimen that lived well over 10yrs before becoming overly woody and being removed. Over the past winter, temperatures dropped into the teens and water froze in the pipes, but my red flowering variety, which was dug up in December from an apartment and put in a temporary pot outdoors in my new home, did great. It was sitting right next to an outdoor faucet that burst due to the frozen water inside. Now it's planted in the yard right against the foundation of my house and is growing and flowering like crazy. I would not consider this plant "tender" by any means :).

I always go for these when I can. Sometimes they can survive a few winters but then get killed by the odd one, this year was such a winte...Read Morer that killed them.

Surprisingly though I noticed recently one of them has self sown and a seedling emerged. it's still going, which was a surprise.

Nice plant for summer bedding in parts where it cannot survive the winter. When it does survive the winter it can become a fairly large plant, from 2006-2009 ours became almost shrublike.

Staple in gardens throughout central and southern CA. In central Ca, they are evergreen and if they are planted in a favorable location, ...Read Morewill bloom through the winter. Very easy to propagate. I start new plants every year by just sticking the cuttings where i want them to grow, then in about a month, they begin to leaf out and bloom. They prefer full sun and and seem to not like a lot of water (which makes them rot) so i keep them on the dry side.

I hate to give it a neutral as it was GORGEOUS while it lasted... but it would take extra work for those of us in South FL, where we can ...Read Moreget alot of rain. My geraniums did not survive, but I will definitely try them again, maybe if I plant them near the underhangs where they won't get as much water, but there they won't get as much sun! Fool that I am, I will probably purchase them again next year. ;)