I'm kind of having the same problem. I have my geraniums in pots, I have had difficulty growing things in the ground at my location. I've lived here for 20 years, and my previously GREEN thumb has turned BLACK! I'm trying my hand at container gardening again, and while I thought that geraniums were possibly one of the easiest plants to grow, (from previous experience years ago...) I'm having all kinds of problems. I think that overwatering is one of those problems, which I'm trying to rectify, think I will have to add more sand to my potting mixture, but I'm getting pure white leaves as well. Could it possibly be that my water source contains too much salt? Our community well is drilled into the "marine layer" of the Coast Range in California, geologically speaking, that is..., and the water is very hard, lots of minerals and salts in it, but I have no choice in that. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hi Joaquin...since your geraniums' leaves have a ring, the more sun the better. The ring will darken with sun, otherwise, if in shade, it'll revert to green. Was your geranium in or outdoors when you bought it? It may need light adapting, but since its leaves are yellow, it sounds more like an overwatering problem..Geraniums do not like wet feet. Water thoroughly, then let soil dry before adding more. Geraniums need well-draining soil. If/when you repot use a Cactus/succulent soil, and amend if it's still too heavy. I use Succulent soi and add Builder's Sand (bought at HD) and Perlite. If you don't want to bother with sand, just use the Perlite. Also, pots should have drainage holes. Otherwise, water will build up on the bottom pot and cause root rot. Treat Geraniums as you would a succulent plant. Good luck, Toni

Nice little plant you have there. I am in zone 5, but will tell you that these are tough little plants and can do well in full sun or in partial sun. I like to keep some in both scenarios. The partial sun grown plants flower less in terms of overall number of flowers on the plant at once, but have a softer appearance. Maybe some people in your zone will weigh in on this as well, but here is my experience. I water when the top of the soil looks dry which can be everyday during the hottest summer days. Your pot is pretty big for the size of your plant so you may not need to water as much. Geraniums are pretty drought resistant so less is better than overwatering. They do start to droop when they need watering so you can watch for that. They are not like some plants though that are fine one moment and totally wilted the next. But it will be trial and error for you. The good thing is that they are not hard to come by unless you are looking for a specific variety or this one has special meaning for you in terms of who gave it to you for instance. Geraniums are one of my favourite plants. Here in Ontario they are considered annuals but can be brought in and overwintered in a few different ways. Just to show you how tough they can actually be, one of the ways of overwintering is to shake off all the dirt and hang them upside down in a cool location which will keep them dormant for the winter. All the leaves dry up and it looks dead. In late winter/early spring new growth starts and they can be potted back up and lightly watered. I haven't tried this but I did put some pots in an attached unheated garage over the winter. The tops did look dead but in the spring, new growth was starting. I brought them out and put them in a sunny spot and started lightly watering. I end up with some beautiful big geraniums. Note: because I do not have a greenhouse or indoor plant lights, my overwintered ones take a while to look as lush and full as the ones you can buy at the garden centres in early spring. I always end up buying some new ones anyway as new colours and new varieties come out but there are a few scentimental ones I like to keep from year to year. They also will overwinter here potted up in a sunny window like a houseplant which I do for a few as well. Yours looks like a pretty soft pink. Can you take a picture of the flower head on? I will post a few pics of some of mine later today. :) Patty

All showing characteristics of Geranium phaeum, which self seeds extremely vigorously and under a variety of appearances. So nothing particularly special about any of these. Now if you were to generate one that had solid purple foliage and you could replicate it successfully over several generations, you might have something worth reporting.