Across the country, geraniums flaunt their red and scarlet, pink, pink flowers and white with a few glad to see that other plants can rival. In stairwells of burning of the city and the roofs, windows in the suburbs and country houses, in tubs and pots on terraces and patios, and hanging baskets of the porches of summer homes, are loved and cared Sun plantsIt to thrive, but tolerates shade, where it is generally treated as a leafy vegetable. What is too much moisture and blamed the diet. Remains very wet, yellow leaves, gets a heavy soil and high in nitrogen to leaves of plants and flowers sparingly.Even if any other type you choose, you can garden in pots varied from one to two areas of fantasy or wide leaves, scented leaves, ivy and Lady or Martha Washington geraniums (also called a show or fancy geraniums name), not to mention a few oddities of cactus and climbing geraniums types.The zonal features circular dark spots on the round green leaves. Double dominate the market and are offered by florists in the spring for planting in gardens and window boxes.Variegated geraniums, with leaves that are often brightly colored, attractive, even in his prime. Located in leafy green geraniums and other plants, pots of variegated plants add color and posterior border pattern.The, ivy geraniums are among the most abundant flowers that grow in favorable conditions. They dislike shade and high humidity and thrive best in climate, with warm days and cool nights, as California.Lady Washington, considered the best of the geraniums, are not so easy to grow. Ivy leaf as they prefer cool nights and warm sunny days, preferring shelter from wind and the day when a gardener sun.If geranium, may cause your pot plant collection with some cactus and climbing geraniums. They give you strange and fascinating shapes of flowers and certain awakening comment.Geraniums flower and look good in pots, boxes and planters. They thrive in various soil mixtures if drainage is good. For abundant bloom, however, provide special training is not high in nitrogen, or lush foliage and flowers few results. I have success with a good garden soil and sprinkle a little fertilizer and bone meal 5-10-5. During the growing season, plants respond to low nitrogen liquid fertilizer form.When potting, generous with drainage material to ensure the free passage of water. As with any plant, always water with care, because too much or not enough can be harmful. The best rule is to water when the soil surface feels dry. After weeks of good soil and plants do not need water again. If the soil is kept too wet, yellow leaves as they dry and wither discolor.To to maintain the growth of plants, containers back from time to time. Remove leaves and faded yellow flowers that are especially distracting on plants at the gates and other important places. If rain rots and disfigures the center florets of the head, pulling on them with fingers, making the exterior buds.If unmarred want flowers and plants for next spring, has cut three fifty-eight inches August or early September. Look for mature stalks (with separate sheets together) that break easily as a string bean. Woody growth is hard to root and succulent tips tend to rot. Before planting the cuttings in a shady spot spread for several hours as the leaves moisture.When ready for planting, cut the lower leaves, allowing two or three to each of the cutting losses. Also pull small wings on the stem, because they tend to rot. Dip stem ends in hydrated lime to prevent cavities and place halfway, in a flat or a large pot of pure sand or a mixture of sand and peat. With geraniums, rooting powders are hardly necessary. When cuttings develop inch-long roots, they are ready for the distance on the soles of another individual floor or 2-inch pots. Fill with a mixture of three parts sandy loam and one part peat or humus. After planting, keep in the shade during the early days, and for the cold weather.When cuttings separated from their strong root systems, change to 3 – and 4-inch pots. Use the same potting mixture as before, with bone meal added. Later, as established plants begin to grow, feeding regularly with a phosphorus fertilizer such as 5-10-5 or 4-12-8.To keep woody plants and promote branching, while small pop, to begin the