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Santa Maria Centennial Pelargonium *geraniumWelcome to 2012 geraniumsonline for all things Geranium & Pelargonium !

        This website is regularly updated.  See "What's New/"

  Don't miss our Annual Sale, May 12 &13, at the Halcyon Spring Faire  Events

The educational articles, information, photographs and advice about Geranium  & Pelargonium* 

are presented to increase your interest  & knowledge        Check out the list of topics covered.

 

                     2012, The Year of the Geranium

  Each year professionals in horticulture select one flower to showcase for its

  ease in growing, versatility in use, popularity, adaptability and genetic diversity.

             The "geranium" is the starlet for 2012. 

The red geraniums familiar to most gardeners as potted or bedding plants are botanically pelargoniums

rather than true geraniums. Pelargonium is native to South Africa whereas the true geranium like the

Carolina cranesbill, Geranium carolinianum, is native to North America. Both genera are in the Geraniaceae

family. Putting nomenclature and homeland aside, geraniums offer wide variation in flower color and scent,

 growth habit, and leaf shape. www.ngb.org

           * For accuracy, this website should be called GeraniumsandPelargoniumsonline, a title which is both unwieldy and

difficult to remember. So, why this comment?  Because the widely-grown garden "geranium" is known by the wrong but common 

name, Geranium.  These so-called  "geraniums"  are correctly and scientifically named  Pelargonium.  At some point, we will tackle

this dilemma within this website  by tagging the name "geranium" each time it is used as the common name for Pelargonium. 

                 For more  information, read The Geranium Family  (Geraniaceae) and other articles on Pelargonium.

 See  "Comments on Geraniums and Pelargoniums & An Ode from a Peeved Pelargonium, a poem by the Poet Laureate of Pelargonium

 We invite contributions from members and others. Articles regarding any aspect of Pelargonium, history,

 cultivation, hybrids, distribution etc., are requested  and will be considered  for inclusion.                      

                          Contact:  ccgeraniums      

                          See  the Baucke Pelargonium Species Collection &   the Regal Preservation Project

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