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Annual geraniums (Pelargonium) are among the most popular flowering plants grown in gardens. These easy-to-grow, low-maintenance plants provide color to landscapes from May until the arrival of frost.

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.