Think Granny's geraniums are tame? Ask Robin Parer, who's tracked them through leech-infested Australian swamps, Andean llama pastures and a Maui volcano - dormant, but not your average flowerpot.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KenWiedeman / Getty Images Common geraniums in the Pelargonium genus are attractive container and bedding plants adding color and ...

I went shopping for some geraniums and came home with pelargoniums. The labels read "geraniums." But an illustrated guide about the geraniaceae botanical family identified them as "pelargoniums." What ...

Geranium and pelargonium are two distinct genera in the plant family Geraniaceae. The differences in the flower parts separate the two genera. They are often mislabeled in plant nurseries. “Ivy ...

Heirloom Pelargoniums, some with hundreds of years of horticultural history, are among 2,000 kinds of plants in an herb collection in rural New Jersey. Louise Hyde, co-founder in 1969 of Well-Sweep ...

"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 ...

ROSALIE J. FROM GLEN ELLEN ASKS: Is there a difference between a geranium and a pelargonium? I thought they were the same plant. Here’s where it gets confusing, so read carefully. True hardy geraniums ...

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Geraniums and pelargoniums are easy-to-grow perennials familiar to most gardeners but often confused with one another. While both are in the geranium family, the most common plants sold as geraniums ...

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 ...