The plants that we commonly call geraniums and grow as annuals on the Prairies originated in South Africa. Dutch traders brought the annual geranium plant to Europe from South Africa in the early ...

The variety is called “Fancy Pants” and is described as a mixture of “Cascading ivy-leaved plants” that drape softly on 30 to 45 cm stems bearing an abundance of dainty, five-petalled ...

If you want trailing geraniums for hanging baskets, look for ivy-leaved geraniums. These scented types are grown more for their fragrant leaves which, when crushed or brushed by, release their ...

For trailing out of pots and planters, you could choose an ivy-leaved geranium. Those cultivars come from P. peltatum, a name that refers to the shape of the leaves, which are roundish.

There's also the trailing ivy-leaved geranium (P. peltatum) that looks especially good in a hanging pot, the scented plants and the Regal or "Martha Washington" (P. xdomesticum) which I especially ...

Ivy-leaved kinds can survive outside in the mildest gardens with a warm wall at their back. Feed and water generously in early summer, then ease off on both.

Petunias, fuchsias, busy Lizzies and lobelias are the traditional plants for baskets, but there are dozens of others that look great, like trailing campanulas, the fiery red ivy-leaved geranium ...