Transplanting and Propagating Geraniums

What most people call a geranium is really pelargonium. (Yo' momma so stupid she calls pelargonium . . . wait for it . . . geranium! Oh, snap! There it is.) Cruel taunts aside, the plant's fairly easy to keep alive through the winter.

Nicked two cuttings last October, put one in water and the other in potting soil, kept them near a window for the past six or seven months and here are the results. The geranium pelargonium grown in potting soil became gigantic, even put out some flowers. The one grown in water doesn't look so hot, but it still deserves a spot - albeit a less vaunted one - on my driveway. (It's the smaller one in the dark green container. Interestingly, the imitation faux terracotta plant is the remnants of last year's herb container. Only the creeping thyme survived the winter outside. )

Source: University of Nebraska