barb...check out a thread called "It's now geranium time" by Caroldiane posted feb 6, o6 @17:35....it is near the end of the first page here on the geranium forum....in fact read the whole post.....I wish I had know all this before I worked with mine....I had 2 beautiful pots with 2 plants in each, last year....saved them back, stored in brown paper sacks in the basement....they are coming back too..so I am hopeful...My Mother used to save hers back storing in basement, the next spring they would come back and by summer time was here you couldn't tell the difference between old and new.....