I want geraniums and will trade some of mine or something else from my list. I have: 'Brookside' - 24"-30"H x 24" W Rich sapphire blue flowers in late spring . The BEST BLUE. x cantabrigiense 'Cambridge' - 5-6"H, spreading - deep baby pink, great weed suppressing groundcover, soil: any but wet, sun to part shade, deer resistant 'Johnson's Blue' - H: 10", W: 2' - lavender-tinted blue flowers with pale mauve centers May to October, deer resistant x oxonianum 'Claridge Druce' - 12-18"H x 24"W - 2" deep lilac pink flowers veined magenta, late spring to early summer. Excellent groundcover. Self seeds some -- usually true. A very different type of geranium. Remains bushy even in deep shade. Semi-evergreen to evergreen depending on climate. Deer resistant pratense 'Mrs Kendall Clark' - sky blue (lavender blue) flowers with translucent veining sanguineum (Bloody Cranesbill) - 8"-12"H x 15" W flowers purple-pink to purple-red late spring through most of summer, full sun to part shade, spreading low ground cover (plant 3 per square yard), edger, easy - 'New Hampshire Purple' 8-10" - everblooming attractive purple flowers; colorful fall foliage; excellent groundcover for sun or shade. - 'Striatum' (syn. Lancastriense) - 10"H x 24" W - light pink with dark pink veins, May-June and may rebloom if sheared Looking for: 'Anne Thompson' x oxionianum 'Pearl Boland' 'Mavis Simpson' 'Midnight Reiter' 'Patricia' plenum 'Birch's Double' pratense 'Victor Reiter Jr.' riversleanium: 'Salome' 'Russell Prichard' sanguineum: 'John Elsley', 'Max Frei', 'Shepherd's Warning' 'Stanhoe' 'Sweet Heidi'

Got a variety of Geraniums now, so bumping this down! :)

If they were mail order and have come bare root, in a plastic bag packed in a bit of dry, loose peatmoss, all I can say is good luck but they're probably toast. If they had viable crowns when you planted them it just might take them a little longer to get going.I've had plants arrive here they same way I've described pitiful bits of root, dry and crispy, these companies really have a nerve sending out plant material this way. I would gently scratch around a bit, see if there is any signs of growth coming from the crowns of these guys. If they are goners contact the outfit you got them from and ask them to replace them with live plants this time or a refund. Do this as soon as possible. If you see signs of growth, give them some TLC and hope for the best. You more than likely not get flowers on the ones that do grow till next year. As to the varieties you have bought, you could google the names to get more information of the ones you have bought. Hope this helps. A...... Here is a link that might be useful: Geranium Claridge Druce

morz8, i felt so bad that i wrote them back and told them to send me an invoice for more seeds. they shouldn't have to pay because i'm insane and want to get a jump on things, and really the only thing they did was provide very precise directions that were missing one or 2 bits of info. i've yet to hear back. is the blue on the splish splash blue-blue or a purpley blue? someone traded me a chunk of johnson's blue last year and i am eagerly awaiting it blooms to see the color. the one i have is a pinkish/purple color, a very common one i picked up at out local nursery. i just like variety, so if the streaking goes away, i'll still be happy with a different color than what i already have. jodie, they man i spoke with last night about the seeds told me to just wintersow if i was going to start them now, especially considering the problem we just had with them sprouting early. everyone on this forum told me the same thing, but i had already potted mine up in a warm place and it took me a few days to get back to them. i guess warming them starts to break them out of dormancy and these were fresh enough not to require that. my hellebore set seeds last year for the first time ever and i just let most of them fall, so they are sitting there now under all this snow. i guess it depends on how they've been stored?