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
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ReplyDeletePretty
ReplyDeleteThey're not big, showy flowers, but very pretty.
DeleteAnd there was me thinking that a pelargonium was a musical instrument - something akin to a harmonium.
ReplyDeleteAnother illusion shattered.
ReplyDeleteI did not know any of this, and have never heard of a flower that smells like oranges...
ReplyDeleteIt is a lovely scent.
DeleteYou wouldn't think that pretty colour bloom would have scented leaves giving an orange smell.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Somehow you would expect the flowers to be orange, but then the flowers of citrus plants are white, so that logic goes awry.
DeleteThose citrus-scented pelargonium leaves must fill the conservatory with a wonderfully fresh aroma while quietly keeping pests at bay
ReplyDeleteI hope they are keeping pests away - it would only be apparent if I removed the plants, I suppose. 😧
DeleteIn the garden I see through my window there is a patch of scented leaf pelargonium, it started as a small plant about 20cm (8 inches) tall and is now a metre high (39 inches) and easily 3 metres wide (about 10-12 feet) I don't remember what scent, that patch is an overgrown jungle now and I can't easily get to it, but I think it is lemon scented. The flowers are tiny and white. Downunder they live outside all year round.
ReplyDeleteThey are obviously rampant in the right conditions. 😊
DeleteIt's a very pretty flower. A nice addition to any garden conservatory.
ReplyDeleteIt is.
DeleteI've grown scented geraniums for many years (although I didn't last year). I just like having them around. In recent years I've had to go a distance to buy them.and if I want them this year, I'm going to have to depend on mail order. I haven't had luck bringing them in for our winter.
ReplyDeleteThey have a long season so worth growing. It's a shame they won't survive indoors for you.
DeleteIf we don't destroy it first, nature will save us all.
ReplyDeleteWe live in ever-lengthening hope.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of these before. That flower sure is pretty and oh my, I imagine the orange scent is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteIt is a sharp, sweet scent.
DeleteLovely bloom. The scent is doubtless very pleasant.
ReplyDeleteIt is one of those scents I never tire of.
DeleteWhat a lovely plant. I will have to see if I can find one here if I do any spring plant purchases.
ReplyDeleteThey may be available online. I know I've bought them online in previous years.
DeleteBeautiful bloom. That orange fragrance 🤌🏻 Thank you for sharing the information.
ReplyDeleteThey smell wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHi Janice - I love scrunching a leaf ... just such a lovely aroma. Can't quite get my head round 'Orange Fizz' and a lilac/purple flower!! Cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, Hilary. It sounds all wrong.
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