THE GERANIUM GROWER’S HANDBOOK: A Complete Guide to Propagation, Planting, Pruning, Feeding, Container Growing, Overwintering, and Keeping Geraniums Blooming - Softcover

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Grow fuller, healthier geraniums with stronger roots, attractive foliage, and dependable flowers from season to season.

The Geranium Grower's Handbook is a practical guide covering propagation, planting, pruning, feeding, containers, hanging baskets, indoor culture, flowering, pests, diseases, and overwintering.

Not every plant called a geranium needs the same care. Most familiar bedding and patio geraniums are tender Pelargoniums, while hardy cranesbills belong to the genus Geranium. This handbook explains how to recognize the difference and match care to the plant you actually grow.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

• Choose zonal, ivy-leaved, regal, scented-leaf, and hardy geraniums


• Match varieties to beds, pots, baskets, windows, and perennial borders


• Propagate Pelargoniums successfully from stem cuttings


• Raise strong plants from seed


• Divide and renew suitable hardy Geranium clumps


• Plant in beds, containers, hanging baskets, and window boxes


• Manage light, temperature, airflow, and summer heat


• Water according to root-zone conditions instead of a rigid schedule


• Feed without creating soft leafy growth or fertilizer-salt buildup


• Pinch and prune plants for stronger branching


• Deadhead and manage flowering cycles


• Encourage more blooms without relying on excessive fertilizer


• Recognize aphids, whiteflies, mites, thrips, and chewing pests


• Troubleshoot yellow leaves, wet-soil wilt, bud drop, and poor flowering


• Overwinter tender Pelargoniums and manage hardy Geraniums correctly

The guide also covers indoor growing, repotting, root-bound plants, scented foliage, climate adaptation, seasonal planning, dormant storage, and maintaining a productive long-term collection.

Whether you're growing patio pots, hanging baskets, window boxes, indoor plants, or hardy cranesbills, this handbook provides a practical system for healthier geraniums and dependable flowers.

Identify the plant, protect the roots, balance light and moisture, prune with purpose, and enjoy geraniums at their flowering best.

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