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Geraniums are among the most appreciated and sought after plants. If well cared for, they give us beautiful and very colorful flowers. You’ve no doubt seen balconies full of flowering geraniums, so you might be wondering why your geranium plant doesn’t flower the same way.
One of the most common reasons geraniums stop blooming is exposure to very cold temperatures, frost or wind. Geraniums should be protected by placing them indoors during the coldest days. But this is not the only factor that prevents your geraniums from flowering: we list some tips below.
Place them in a brightly lit area.
These beautiful plants cannot flower if they do not have the right amount of natural light, i.e. sunlight. Artificial light indoors is not bright enough to stimulate geranium growth. Be careful though: do not place geraniums in full sun if they are in a shaded environment, they could undergo drastic changes and die.
That said, it’s important to know that geraniums can bloom even in partial shade (not full shade), so don’t be discouraged if you live in an apartment that doesn’t get enough exposure to sunlight.
Give the plant the right space to grow
When we buy a geranium plant and bring it home, we have to assume that it has been in the same pot for a long time. It is precisely for this reason that the plant must be transplanted into a larger pot, to give the roots the right space and the possibility of obtaining nutrients from a greater quantity of soil.
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