Most geraniums in this section require excellent drainage. They can be grown in containers or rock gardens, and most of them require at least half a day's sun. Plants may need some protection from sun in the afternoon in areas with high summer temperatures. Thick walled containers which keep plant roots cool will help to ensure the plant's survival.

Geraniaceae offers 42 plants in Geraniums (Rock Gardens and Containers)
1	G. 'Bertie Crug' From Crug Farm Plants in Wales and named after their estimable terrier, Bertie. Dark glossy greenish brown leaves on a low creeping plant, with bright pink flowers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	7 6x15" Su.
2	G. 'Chocolate Candy' From Coen Jansen, Holland and named by Dan Heims. The best of the large colored leaf G. antipodean selections. Large milk-chocolate-colored leaves and bright pink flowers with a pale center. Good mounding form. Holds its leaf color well all season.	$7.00 Available 2007
		zone: size: season:	8-9 10x15" Sp.-Su.
3	G. 'Dusky Crug' A chance seedling between G. 'Stanhoe'(Crug Strain) and G. x oxonianum from Crug Farm Plants, Wales. Large, roundish, greenish-brown leaves; lavender flowers fading pale to base with purple veins.	$8.00
		zone: size: season:	8-9 5x10" Sp.-Su.
4	G. 'Elizabeth Ross' (G. sessiliflorum novaezelandiae 'Nigricans'x G. traversii) X G. x oxonianum) Small hybrid with rounded green leaves and bright reddish pink flowers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	8-9 5x10" Sp. Su.
5	G. 'Libretto' Small, mounding plant; leaves pale light olive with a brownish cast; pale pink flowers with darker veins.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	8 possibly lower 5x12" Su.
6	G. 'Orkney Pink' From Alan Bremner, U.K. Small, gray-green leaves with a slight gray cast; bright magenta flowers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	8 possibly lower 6x12" Sp.-Fa.
7	G. 'Pink Spice' A hybrid from New Zealand. Propagation only by permission, protected by Plant Breeders Rights. Mounding plant with dollar-size, brownish-pink leaves; leaves turn dark green in cool weather; long trailing flowering stems with mid pink flowers.	$7.00 Available 2006
		zone: size: season:	8-9 10x15" Sp.-Fa.
8	G. 'Sea Fire' (G. sessiliflorum 'Nigricans'x G. x oxonianum) From Alan Bremner, released by Axletree Nursery, U.K. Low, spreading plant whose leaves are dark green with a faint brown cast; small, strong pink flowers with pale centers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	8 possibly lower 6x18" Sp.-Su.
9	G. 'Sea Pink' (G. sessiliflorum 'Nigricans'x G. x oxonianum ) From Alan Bremner, released by Charterhouse Nursery, U.K. Green leaves tinged brown, flowers are pink fading paler to the center with red veins.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	8 possibly lower 5x18" Sp.-Su.
10	G. 'Stephanie' (G. peloponnesiacum x G. renardii) Pebbly gray-green leaves and pale violet-blue flowers with dark veins.	$7.00
		size: season:	8x12" Sp.-early Su.
11	G. 'Trinity' (G. traversii x G. sessiliflorum nov. 'Nigricans') X (G. rubifolium) Low mounding plant with dark gray-green leaves with a brown tinge; flowers light magenta, slightly notched, becoming pale in the center, with separated petals.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	7 10x15" Sp.-Fa.
12	G. 'Welsh Guinness' (G. suzukii x G. sessiliflorum) Hybrid by Alan Bremner. Leaves small and hairy, pinky-brown above, olive green beneath; with pinkish stems. Plant is prostrate, stems weaving; small glossy mat studded with small white flowers.	$7.00 Available 2006
		zone: size: season:	8-9 4x10" Sp.-Su.
13	G. antipodean 'Stanhoe' (Crug Strain) From Crug Farm Plants, Wales. A wonderful seed selection (vegetatively propagated) with dollar-sized, pinkish-brown leaves and pale pink flowers.	$7.0
		zone: size: season:	7 10x24" Su.
14	G. antipodean 'Stanhoe' Ashy gray-green leaves and small white flowers with a faint pink flush. Makes and excellent border plant.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	7 10x24" Su.
15	G. caespitosum Prominently-lobed leaves with a rolled thin red edge. Cherry-red flowers with blue anthers.	$7.00 Available 2007
		zone: size: season:	7 and above 15x15" Sp.-Fa.
16	G. cinereum 'Alice' (patent) Strong growing variety with large pale lilac pink flowers and silver green foliage' From Darwin Plants and Border Alpines' Carl Lowe. Size and zone unknown.	$8.00
		season:	Su.
17	G. cinereum 'Ballerina' Gray-green leaves; lavender flowers with wine-colored veins and dark centers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	4 8x15" Sp.-Fa.
18	G. cinereum 'Carol' One inch bright pink flowers with fine dark veins. The flowers have a velvety appearance, which makes the color seem luminous. Very floriferous' From Darwin Plants and Border Alpines' Carl Lowe. PPAF	$8.00
		zone: size: season:	5 12x15" Su.
19	G. cinereum 'Laurence Flatman' Gray-green leaves; light lavender flowers with dark, reddish-pink blotches and veins.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	4 8x15" Sp.-Fa.
20	G. cinereum 'Memories' (patent) Strongly colored deep pink red flowers over green foliage. Named in memory of plantsman Aad Zoet.' From Darwin Plants and Border Alpines' Carl Lowe. Size and zone unknown.	$8.00
		season:	Su.
21	G. cinereum 'Purple Pillow' The usual ashy-gray leaves and stunning purple flowers with dark veins. From Bridgemere Nursery, UK.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	5 8x15" Su.-Fa.
22	G. cinereum 'Sateene' (patent) Lilac pink flowers with an unusual and attractive silver sheen. Strong grower.' From Darwin Plants and Border Alpines' Carl Lowe. Size and	$8.00
		zone: season:	unknown. Su.
23	G. cinereum (Europe; mountainous areas, French Alps, Balkans, Greece; Asia, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, North Africa, Caucasus) Form B. Large gray-green leaves and large lavender flowers with dark lavender veins. The easiest G. cinereum to grow.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	5 12x15" Su.
24	G. cinereum (Europe; mountainous areas, French Alps, Balkans, Greece; Asia, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, North Africa, Caucasus.) Form A. Small, gray-green, scalloped leaves, large, pale pink flowers with dark pink veins.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	5 12x15" Su.
25	G. dalmaticum 'Album' Shiny, green leaves; flowers white with a pink flush.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	4 5x24" Sp.
26	G. dalmaticum 'Bridal Bouquet' Compact plant, shiny green leaves, white flowers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	4 5x24" Sp.
27	G. dalmaticum (S.W. Balkans, Albania) Small, shiny, green leaves; mid pink flowers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	4 5x24" Sp.
28	G. libani (Lebanon, Syria, Turkey) Slightly glossy, green, faintly marbled, scalloped leaves; tuberous rooted; flowers violet-blue; dormant in the summer; rare.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	7 15x24" Sp.
29	G. macrostylum (S.E. Med.) From Jerry Flintoff, Seattle. Tuberous rooted; leaves similar to G. tuberosum, but a little larger and more incised; pale violet-pink flowers with a dark basal zone; summer dormant.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	7 9x12" Sp.
30	G. malviflorum (S. Spain, Morocco, Algeria) Tuberous rooted; large, deeply divided, green foliage; violet-blue flowers with darker veins; summer dormant.	$7.00 Availale 2007
		zone: size: season:	7 15x20" Sp.
31	G. orientalitibeticum (S.W. China) Tuberous rooted; green foliage with yellow-green marbling; deep pink flowers with pale centers; spreads easily, needs containment.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	5 10x30" Su.
32	G. pylzowianum (W China) Tuberous rooted; very finely divided, dark green leaves; deep pink flowers with greenish center. Spreads easily, needs containment.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	5 5x15" Su.
33	G. sessiliflorum (Peru, Argentina) Small, mid green rounded leaves; small white flowers borne underneath leaves.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	8 possibly lower 5x12" Sp.-Fa.
34	G. sessiliflorum Ssp. novaezelandiae 'Coffee 'n Cream' (N. Zealand) Collected by Graham Hutchins at Tennyson, N. Z. Selection with small rounded light brown, milk-coffee-colored leaves; pink flowers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	8 possibly lower 5x12" Sp.-Fa.
35	G. sessiliflorum Ssp. novaezelandiae 'Nigricans' Small rounded dark coffee-colored leaves with faint bronze tinge; white flowers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	8 possibly lower 5x12" Sp.-Fa.
36	G. sessiliflorum Ssp. novaezelandiae 'Porters Pass'' Collected by Graham Hutchins at Porters Pass, N.Z. Form with small rounded reddish-brown leaves with reddish leaf stems; white flowers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	8 possibly lower 5x12" Sp.-Fa.
37	G. subcaulescens 'Giuseppii' Dissected, gray-green leaves; light reddish-purple flowers.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	5 8x15" Sp.-Fa.
38	G. subcaulescens 'Splendens' Shallowly-lobed, gray-green leaves; bluish-pink flowers with a white eye.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	4 8x15" Sp.-Su.
39	G. subcaulescens (Balkans and Turkey) Gray-green leaves; flowers of vivid magenta with dark veins and a black eye.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	4 8x15" Sp.-Fa.
40	G. traversii 'Album' (New Zealand) Large round, gray-green leaves; white flowers with greenish veins.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	9 8x15" Su.
41	G. tuberosum (Med. to W. Iran) Tuberous rooted; deeply dissected green foliage; flowers rosy-lilac fading cool-lilac to center with darker veins; snow patch plant; foliage dies down in summer; needs to be restrained; spreads easily.	$7.00
		zone: size: season:	7 15x24" Sp.
42	G. x Lindavicum 'Apple Blossom' (G. argenteum x G. cinereum) Small, silver-gray dissected leaves; light pink flowers with light pink veins.	$7.00 Available 2007
		zone: size: season:	6 7x12" Su.