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Geraniums as easy blooming houseplants

 
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Just thought I'd share this here as some people don't realize geraniums are such easy houseplants.  I bring ours inside every fall to overwinter in our zone 4 Minnesota home and they bloom all year long inside, at all different times.  I purposely buy all different colors so I have hot pink, red, white, peach,  variegated, etc.  They don't require any additional fertilizer, grow lights or anything fiddly.  I have them on window sills, tables, everywhere.  They're inexpensive and they get pretty big when you are keeping them multiple years.  You can also easily take cuttings and make even more.  :)

Pictured are a couple of them I happen to have in a photo of my daughter.  These ones aren't in bloom at the time the photo was taken but each of them blooms at least once a month for me.  Once we're sufficiently warm I'll bring them outside again for the summer.
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I did the same too. Also new shoots are easy to root and propagate. So come spring time there will be multiple plants ready for the flower garden. They are sold for maybe $5-10 per pot, so overwintering geraniums indoor saves a lot of money.
 
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