Orange Fizz
Scented leaf pelargoniums have their origins in South Africa. The leaves, with their distinctive scents, can be used in cooking, pot pourri, or aromatic oils. They are often effective in dissuading pests from plants.
We have several in the conservatory. The flowers are less flamboyant than those of the garden pelargoniums or geraniums, but are pretty and detailed. They bloom at various times and the one presently flowering is ‘Orange Fizz.’ It has an intense orange smell.
Scented leaf pelargoniums can spend the summer outside, but, in common with geraniums, will not withstand frost and must be brought back indoors as temperatures cool.
I like that flower. It reminds me of the rose geraniums. I once had.
ReplyDeleteIt is pretty.
DeleteIt is the leaves that are scented. I used to love crushing them for the scent.
ReplyDeleteJust brushing against them releases the scent.
DeleteVery beautiful. I've had geraniums in the past but lately my green thumb is not what it used to be. Deer won't eat these but I can't seem to get them to bloom.
ReplyDeleteThat's a shame. They flower for such a long time once they get going.
DeleteI haven't grown many, mum hated their smell, I fo have a couple different ones in the garden.
ReplyDeleteI love the smell, even of the 'ordinary' geraniums.
DeleteI used to have several kinds of scented geranium, my favorite being the rose scented, then the lemon scented.
ReplyDeleteThey can quickly get very leggy, so require some pruning.
DeleteI have a very hardy pink pelagonium out in the garden. It grows like mad summer and winter. I used its fragrant leaves to make a red wine liqueur
ReplyDeleteThe hardy geraniums are very reliable, and spread like wild.
DeleteWe have a dark red and also a salmon pink variety out in the garden. They do look like withered stalks right now but have bounced back in previous years.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely to see the hardy varieties, the 'cranesbills,' come back year after year.
DeleteScented pelargoniums are new to me, but I simply may not have noticed since I am not a good noticer.
ReplyDeleteThe Victorians used to have displays of them indoors so that visitors would brush against the leaves and release the scent.
DeleteSuch a pretty colour
ReplyDelete😊
ReplyDeletePretty
ReplyDeleteAnd there was me thinking that a pelargonium was a musical instrument - something akin to a harmonium.
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