Growing Geraniums

Growing geraniums is one of the easiest ways to add vibrant color to your garden, patio, or balcony. Whether you’re planting potted geraniums for a stunning container display or filling flower beds with their cheerful blooms, these hardy plants thrive with the right care. From keeping geraniums blooming all season to choosing the best varieties like classic red geraniums in pots, this guide covers everything you need to know.

With a little attention to watering, sunlight, and if you know how to deadhead your geraniums, they will reward you with non-stop flowers from spring to fall.

An added bonus these outdoor plants grow and spread nicely and are not an expensive or hard to find plant. If you are looking for another post showing a variety of planters, take a look at this 25 Outdoor Planters post. If you are visiting later in the gardening season, this Fall Planter Ideas post is always popular for fall planter inspiration.

I love those window boxes I showed you (above). Here is what they look from a few steps back. So makes me want to have window boxes!! If you are like me and LOVE red geraniums, take a look at the red geraniums post I wrote.

Geraniums in Pots - pictures

I'm sharing pictures of my favorite geranium planter images in this post. My hope is that they give you ideas and inspiration. All of these planters were planted by real people and were a short walk from my home!

Potting Ideas

This pink geranium pot (below) full of bright pink flowers has been inspiring me for a few years. I love the simplicity of it. It has a healthy plant in the center and just a few trailing vincas cascading down. I love the height it has by elevating the pot on the log. And, the weathered terra cotta container.

Tip

This type of vinca in the pot below is the cheap annual kind. Don't buy the more expensive vinca perennials for this look. The vinca is the 'spiller' plant that is hanging down the planter.

The planter below is a favorite and the geraniums used in this one are ivy geraniums. These plants receive morning sun only. For these ivy geraniums, that's perfect since they don't do well in the hot sun all day long. They do need at least 6 hours of daily sun so if you notice yours aren't doing well, pull them out to ensure they get enough sun (and make sure you are watering them appropriately). The purple cascading flowers are petunias, the little yellow ones are million bells and the fun bright leafy plants are sweet potato vines.

Tub and Sink Planters

Below is a fun experiment I tried one year. Those are perennial hostas contrasting with the red geraniums. They are planted in a galvanized steel tub that I made a little more interesting by gluing some sisel rope around it. I loved this one and it looked so pretty as it filled in. I will be making this metal tub planter this spring! There are lots of tips and details on how I made the planter below if you follow the blue link.

I LOVE my antique washtub planter that is in the middle of my metal raised garden beds. The one above I bought at a big box store - it wasn't meant to be a planter. The one below, I bought on FB Marketplace. I love when my containers show off my plants and I don't like spending a lot of money on them. I did write a post about buying cheap planters, if you'd like some ideas on how to save money buying planters.

Real quick, the white porcelain sink was originally in my hall bath. I couldn't throw it out so it lives on as a sink planter.

Geraniums in Window Boxes

Remember those beautiful red window boxes at the beginning of this post? These are different geraniums on the other side of this building. On the side with less sun.

A closer look!

These make me want to have window boxes at my home! I do use window boxes in places other than under windows. This one is on my back stair porch. I love being very seasonal with this planter, but, for the summer, Geraniums are the star. They can take the heat and to some degree, the dry soil.

Red White and Blue Planters using Geraniums

Red geraniums are often used as the "red" when planting a red, white and blue theme! Having planters with this color theme helps if you decorate for Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day.

Here is my simple planter to add a splash of color on my driveway. It literally is three plants. They are a red geranium, a multi-colored lantana, and an alyssum.

If you do have a boring spot in your yard, put a bright-colored planter there!! If you don't have time to fix that spot with landscaping, distract people with color!

Garden Art Decor

Although this planter doesn't have geraniums, I have saved my falling down red "Don't sit on this bench!!" to place planters on. I love the color and the elevation. Mine have had geraniums in them! This is not my bench but was my inspiration in keeping my garden art red bench.

If you have an antique sink of any kind, it's a great way to add some height to your pots. Also, I love the plain white contrasting with the bright flowers!! Don't you?

Thanks for dropping by and letting me show you some planters. Here are a few other planter and container garden posts with lots of ideas and inspiration!

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*first published May 7, 2016