Scented geranium

Propagating scented geraniums! The scented geranium is one of my favorites to take cuttings from and grow.

Rose-scented geranium is one of the more useful herbs in the garden. Use it to make a relaxing herbal tea, scent and nourish furniture, and keep insects away.

Scented geraniums are versatile plants that have a multitude of colorful blooms and lovely scents. Here's a guide for how to plant, grow and care for scented geraniums at home.

Pelargoniums, commonly known as Geraniums, are a popular type of flowering plant that come in a variety of colors and shape. Perfect for containers ...

Award-winning Pelargonium 'Attar of Roses' (Scented Geranium) is a bushy evergreen sub-shrub boasting rose-scented, pinnately lobed leaves. The leaves are covered with fine short hairs making them soft to the touch. They release their rose fragrance when brushed or crushed. Blooming from spring to summer, pale lavender-pink flowers up to 1 in. across (2.5 cm) are produced in clusters above the fragrant foliage. Their large upper petals are adorned with deep burgundy blotches and veins. Place…

Try some of the hundreds of types of scented geraniums as container plants, house plants, and in hot climates, as perennials.

Scented geraniums (Pelargoniums) are tender perennials available in delightful scents like spice, mint, various fruits, and rose. If you love scented geraniums, you can easily multiply your plants by rooting Pelargonium cuttings. Learn how in this article.

Rose-scented leaves and clusters of pale pink flowers adorn this trailing geranium.

Create a chocolate plant garden with greenery that has cocoa-scented blooms or dark reddish-brown flowers or foliage.

Pelargonium 'Citronella' (Scented Geranium) is an upright, evergreen, tender perennial with deeply cut, crinkled and serrated, soft green leaves. Strongly scented, the pretty leaves exude a delicious, sharp citrus scent when bruised. In summer, clusters of small lavender-pink flowers adorned with deep crimson brush marks on their top petals, are nicely set off by the foliage. Place this scented geranium where its foliage can be easily brushed, such as in containers or edgings along paths…

As cold weather arrives, my garden focus switches to houseplants. I am particularly fond of growing scented geraniums inside the home. They are easy to grow and smell great, releasing aromatic oils…

Scented geraniums are not your grandmother's flowering annuals. Instead, they are plants whose fragrant foliage is the star of the show.

Tough, easy-care plants that don’t need water include snake plant, ponytail palm, aloe, burro's tail, and sago palm. They’re OK without too much TLC.

This lemon-scented, shrubby, upright pelargonium has cream-margined leaves.

Pruning and deadheading scented geraniums (pelargoniums) make for a good maintenance regimen. However, both have benefits that extend beyond aesthetical considerations. Scented geranium plants are easy to grow and require little ongoing care. Still, you may want to consider regularly deadheading and pruning pelargoniums to improve vigor and bloom production.

Lemon geranium offers beautifully lemon-scented foliage for a modicum of care. Its scent repels mosquitoes, too.

Scented geranium

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