Zonal geraniums can now be grown from seed and this fact has been a great production boom for suppliers.

And double zonal geraniums don't shed petals as readily as the singles.

I like common geraniums, also called zonal geraniums, for their vivid color and tolerance of hot, dry weather.

The best known and most widely grown is the zonal geranium, so called because the leaves have obvious zonal markings.

Ernest also collected fancy-leafed zonal geraniums, which have dark circular markings on their richly colored scalloped leaves.

The leaf color is not as deep a green as the zonal geranium, but the flowers are brilliant in shades of deep red, bright red, white or blends.

Tops with most everyone is the large-flowered zonal geranium (Pelargonium hortorum) which makes bold displays of bright blooms that are held stiffly on plants with decorative leaves.

The Japanese beetle, an important agricultural insect pest, becomes rapidly paralyzed after consuming flower petals of the garden hybrids known as "zonal geraniums" (P. x hortorum).

A. Old-fashioned zonal geraniums (Pelargonium x hortorum), named for the colorful concentric markings on the leaves of many varieties, are often marketed as bloomin' fools, can't-fail flower machines that need only bright light and minimal care.

Research conducted by the USDA Agricultural Research Service, has demonstrated quisqualic acid is also present within the flower petals of zonal geranium (Pelargonium x hortorum) and is responsible for causing paralysis of the Japanese beetle.

Here are some of the more fascinating types: The Rosebud geranium with double flowers that never open entirely, a cactus-flowered type with pointed petals, phlox geraniums with flat petals that give the flowers a round appearance and the well-known fancy leaved and zonal geraniums.

It is sometimes grown as a garden geranium.

GERANIUMS My mother always gave me "starts" of her garden geraniums.

Pelargonium hortorum (also called Garden Geranium, Malva or Malvón) is a species of geranium most commonly used as an ornamental plant.

He did not feel the least bit sorry for Malva.

You might like to ask Malva exactly how important we are to them.

Malva didn't know about that, and he would not tell her.

Of course he could not trust the captain any more than Malva.

Malva had to be sure of that, or she would have taken other precautions.

"Did he tell ye they took me and Malva to her execution?"

Malva stepped to the side and reached into a recess in the wall.

I stood up and took the mask from Malva's hand, setting it aside.

It was Malva, who turned at his greeting, her face wary.

Malva considered a moment, crossing her legs under the cloak.

She couldn't bring herself to mention Malva's accusation, only told him that the girl was with child.

Malva Christie would likely have several offers before the spring planting.

He could not keep from worrying about Malva setting up a trap for them in the camp.

Malva had clearly been crying, and her face went red and white by turns.

The big hit of the night was his Malva Pudding.

"You are addressing my hologram," Malva said after a moment.

Malva had looked up when I spoke, but now returned to the eyepiece, absorbed.

I went every week, to leave some small token on Malva's grave, and say a prayer.

And then Malva as good as confirmed he was telling the truth.

Malva's voice had come from a grille inset above his head.

It was supposed to make me able to disobey Malva's orders over the radio.

Malva had never turned against the Gaol; she had been their agent throughout.

I hadn't laughed since before Malva's death, and found it balm to the spirit.

The most popular, and by far the most seductive, is malva.

Malva lay on the bed, smiling invitingly as she spread her legs.

Pelargonium hortorum (also called Garden Geranium, Malva or Malvón) is a species of geranium most commonly used as an ornamental plant.

The zonals (Pelargonium hortorum) are the most popular geraniums.

Pelargonium hortorum.

Pelargonium hortorum 'Elizabeth Angus' it says.

Pelargonium hortorum (also called Garden Geranium, Malva or Malvón) is a species of geranium most commonly used as an ornamental plant.

Tops with most everyone is the large-flowered zonal geranium (Pelargonium hortorum) which makes bold displays of bright blooms that are held stiffly on plants with decorative leaves.

The reliable window box geranium (Pelargonium hortorum), also known as the zonal or bedding geranium, originated in South Africa and arrived in Europe around the beginning of the 19th century.