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From table setting ideas to indoor window decorations...
The geranium is one of the most popular bedding and balcony plants and needs little care.
Known by experts under its botanical name, pelargonium, here we show you exactly how you can decorate your home and garden with these colourful summer blooms.
Whether you're looking for table centrepiece ideas, ways to decorate and style your balcony, or stylish ways to show off geraniums indoors, you've come to the right place!
Thanks to its diversity of colours and shapes, geraniums are ideal for creating beautiful table decorations for indoors and out. In this simple, charming and appealing arrangement, cut geraniums are placed in small glasses and lined up on a round tray.
This geranium table decoration in a romantic summer meadow look is guaranteed to draw attention, and can be easily made with just a little patience and finesse.
You will need an elongated glass vase, rubber bands, geranium leaves and flowers, small ornamental cucumbers, Thlaspi green bells and ornamental grasses.
Pelargonium for Europe explain how it’s done: Span the rubber bands' length crosswise around the vase to fashion a mesh over the top opening. Add a bit of water and insert the Thlaspi green bells, geranium leaves and flowers, as well as the grass in different heights between the rubber bands to achieve a bouquet-like arrangement. As a final touch, carefully place the small ornamental cucumbers on the rubber mesh between the stems. Voilà!
Reminiscent of a water lily, this artistic-looking geranium table decoration is very easy to make. All you need is a round, flat glass bowl, eucalyptus leaves and cut geranium leaves and flowers in different colours.
Here's how to make this artistic geranium table decoration yourself: First line the inside of a flat, round glass bowl with decorative, round eucalyptus leaves. Then add a bit of water and arrange geranium leaves and picked geranium flowers of different colours in the centre. Simple!
HB suggests... Potted Eucalyptus Plant, from £14.99, Thompson & Morgan
Geranium flowers in a glass are a beautifully summery and cost-effective table decoration. It can also be put together quickly – just fill simple class containers with a bit of water and carefully arrange geranium flowers plucked from the nearest balcony box.
A beautiful table decoration with flowers doesn't need to be extravagant. Here, single cut geraniums stand with a bit of greenery in small glass vases, each tied with simple parcel string. Each place setting extends a warm welcome to guests, with a miniature bouquet made of a single cut geranium and decoratively crinkled cabbage leaves on a plate.
This gorgeous table decoration with cut geraniums is reminiscent of a blooming summer meadow in miniature format.
Easy to make, simply fill small glasses with water, arrange on a rectangular wooden tray and adorn with various types of geranium leaves and flowers of different lengths. Small eucalyptus twigs add a pretty accent.
Even without much gardening experience or green thumb, geraniums can turn balconies into colourful feel-good oases. Due to their cascading growth pattern, trailing geraniums (also called peltatum geraniums), are especially suitable for balcony boxes. Here, they are pictured in combination with lavender, which also loves the sun.
HB suggests... Geranium 'GeRainbow™ Mixed', from £8.99, Thompson & Morgan
An original and cost-efficient alternative to the classic balcony box are planter pockets that you can sew yourself from oilcloth in a variety of different prints. They are simply hung over the balcony railings like saddlebags, providing space for two plants each.
Pelargonium for Europe explain how it's done: Cut a long 46 x 68 cm rectangle from the first oilcloth, cut in half lengthwise and sew together with the coated sides facing out. Then cut two 20 x 23 cm pieces from a second oilcloth in a matching colour and sew them to the ends of the first strip of oilcloth like pockets, with the open sides facing. Hang over the railing – done.
The geraniums are not placed directly in the planter pockets, but rather in small plastic bags containing a bit of expanded clay. Water carefully and protect from heavy rain, as any excess water cannot drain off.
Bring a new dimension to your windows with hanging ornaments. Here, a clear circular vase is suspended in front of the window on a string. Gaily-coloured cut geraniums in a bit of water brighten up the otherwise dull view outside.
This pretty flowery hanging can be enjoyed while doing the dishes. To make it, simply attach a bamboo pole to the ceiling on ropes and tie small clear glass bottles to it. Colourful cut geraniums round off the arrangement.
HB suggests... Clear Glass Jars, £7.99, Amazon
No balcony? Baskets and wooden planters filled with opulent regal pelargoniums in vivid summery colours will bring the outdoors right inside your own four walls.
The most suitable geranium for in the house is the charming regal geranium. However, even normal geraniums can be kept inside for a few days, as long as they have sufficient light and water, before being taken outside.
When cared for properly, geraniums display their bountiful blooms even in a sunny spot in the house – but most geraniums prefer a sunny or partial-shade location outside.
HB suggests... Geranium 'Regal Collection', from £11.99, Thompson & Morgan
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