These versatile plants can be used as annual bedding plants, in hanging baskets, and in containers both indoors and outdoors. Annual garden geraniums are members of the genus Pelargonium . Some of the major types of Pelargonium geraniums include the following kinds. Several newer, fancy-leaf varieties possess silver, white, gold, red, or purple markings in the leaf. Flowers are often large and may be single or double.
Flower color includes red, pink, salmon, and white.
Common garden geraniums can be grown from cuttings or seed. Flowers are single or double and available in the same colorful variety as the zonal geraniums. These geraniums are attractive in hanging baskets and window boxes. Ivy-leaf geraniums are not as heat tolerant as the common garden geranium. Scented Geraniums are made up of several species of Pelargoniums .