The flowering plants we commonly call geraniums, including the popular scented geraniums, are members of the Pelargonium genus and botanically not true geraniums, which are hardy flowering perennials.

You've probably grown annual geraniums (in the genus Pelargonium) for years. But those plants are cousins to true geraniums (Geranium spp.) or perennial geraniums. These under-utilized flowers deserve ...