Hi, just throw them out, they're dead, it's just that the roots take longer to rot than the fleshy stems do, Derek.

Hold on a mo - is that a green stem I can see in the 2 pictures, on the left? And is that little bud on the left hand 'dead' looking stem actually green? If that's what I'm seeing properly, then that plant isn't dead...

Hi Bamboo, you're right it does look as though there's a green stem, hadn't noticed that, but I think on balance I would still throw them out, Derek.

Your geraniums are pelargoniums . I never throw out until May . If they haven't any new growth by then you can throw out. Suggest cut stems down to about 3inches above soil level , repot and keep fairly dry.

Wow Bamboo, well spotted! Depends how much space you have really whether its worth trying to revive them. I'd only tryh it with the green stemmed one at any rate.

They look pretty dead. Cut them hard back, and wait 2 weeks. If no signs of growth appear from the base throw them onto the compost heap. Even though there appears to be a live shoot on one it's hardly worth the effort to revive the plant.
Next time keep them indoors over winter or wrap them up in newspaper and keep them in the garage.

Well its a point of view, Bendipa, but I leave my geraniums out on my south facing balcony, and they often look like this at the end of winter. I just inspect closely and if they're not rotten and mouldy, in which case I bin 'em, I cut them right down to an inch, and they always regrow and are in flower by early June.

I'm in the same area as you, Bamboo. Maybe you've been lucky. I habitually left my pelargoniums outside and they always survived...until the winter of 2009/10 when I then lost the lot. I had become complacent about them being half-hardy. After that little experience I wouldn't chance leaving them exposed to frosty nights again.

Ah, well I lost all mine bar one that year - although strangely, one surfinia petunia survived it, I've a photo somewhere of it in flower against the snow...