Mama's Resilient Geraniums

Pink GeranniumGeraniums are mama's kind of plants because they are resilient. Here are some facts:

1) Can be grown in almost any type of soil.
2) Can be grown indoors or outdoors.
3) Geraniums can be easily propagate from cuttings. To propagate, take a stem about 3 to 4 inches in length from the tip of the stem. Pull off the leaves to encourage easy saturation to the rooting medium. For an ideal medium for rooting cuttings, use perlite or sharp sand alone or mixed equally with sphagnum peat moss. Place the cuttings 1 inch deep in the medium and water thoroughly. Rooting occurs best with soil temperatures of 72 to 75 degrees F. This generally takes 3 to 4 weeks. Water sparingly during this rooting period. The trick to successful rooting is keep the cuttings fairly dry. When cuttings have rooted, place them in 4-inch pots.

Geranium as BudsAll those bashing posts about mom killing plants! I now will introduce her talented side. She has a green thumb with propagating Geraniums! A few years back she received her first Geranium from a friend and love it. One day, she took me to her deck out back and showed me this three feet flowering bush! I was just in shock! Now she has six bushes along her back fence, three in the front yard, and another three in pots. She has this thing about taking her plants outside and watering them religiously. She indeed found a soul mate because that is what Geraniums love.

Pink Gerannium
Pink Gerannium

19 Comments

  1. Gorgeous color of geraniums! I love them too, because they smell very nice.

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  2. They are beautiful indeed and so undemanding, the kind of flowers that give much and ask nothing.
    Your photos really show themas beautiful as they are, love the colors.

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  3. Gotta love geraniums, they even grow for me!

    Sherry @ A Happy Valentine

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  4. Geraniums are sure bets for hanging baskets and planters. They are so wonderfully forgiving. Beautiful color!

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  5. I agree..really beautiful colors!! Lovely photos..hope you have a wonderful weekend-
    Regards, Regina-

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  6. Your mother must have found her calling as I have never seen a geranium that tall.

    Take care & God bless.

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  7. This is really pretty...happy TF!

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  8. SS: You captured the little bloom beautifully.

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  9. aloha regina,

    very beautiful flowers, i love the geraniums also, they are resilient

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  10. When we lived in California, we had red geraniums all over the yard, but I haven't been able to grow them here in the desert. I love those pink ones you pictured!

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  11. I love the color, so pretty!

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  12. wow, from one a plenty, your mother really is giften with green thumb and the geraniums must really love her for growing and blooming like that.

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  13. Hi Amanda, I love how you captured your geraniums. The "veins" are so vivid!

    When you come this way, please let me know so I could give you a "little tour".

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  14. Beautiful, sharp and clear photographs. Thank you for sharing them with Today's Flowers, and I hope you are having a great week.

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  15. pretty! I love the fuzz on the first one :)

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  16. Those are some pretty flowers. I should try to plant some.

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  17. They are easy to please, just water and enjoy the love it gives back. :-)

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