Pel of a show: Pelargoniums aren't just for old ladies and deserve a second look

'Pelargonium' is a bad name, isn't it? Heavy and clunky, it sounds immediately like the ugliest plant in the world. Actually it signifies, in a more correct botanical sense, those cheery geraniums old ladies grow in macramé pot-holders in their porches. (Actually not just old ladies. If I had a porch, my pelargoniums would be in it. In macramé pot-holders.)







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