2006 is the third year my friend has tended this beautiful geranium. She has it on the porch (facing north) all summer. In the fall, it takes up it's new position in the corner of the kitchen, facing south, in the full sun (well, that is, what sun Michigan gets in the fall and winter).Wikipedia notes that Geranium can be:
1. The genus Geranium of flowering plants, usually called the cranesbills or (somewhat redundantly) "hardy geraniums".
2. Members of the related genus Pelargonium, which are commonly called geraniums by gardeners and in the horticultural trade.
This confusing situation arises because Pelargoniums were formerly classified in genus Geranium. The two genera are closely related, and both belong to the family Geraniaceae.
"Florists' geraniums are hybrid varieties of the S African genus Pelargonium."
1. The genus Geranium of flowering plants, usually called the cranesbills or (somewhat redundantly) "hardy geraniums".
2. Members of the related genus Pelargonium, which are commonly called geraniums by gardeners and in the horticultural trade.
This confusing situation arises because Pelargoniums were formerly classified in genus Geranium. The two genera are closely related, and both belong to the family Geraniaceae.
"Florists' geraniums are hybrid varieties of the S African genus Pelargonium."
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