Geranium Blog

Blooming in October

This is not the usual blooming time of scented geraniums, but Celery and Snowy Nutmeg had a couple of flowers.

Black Pepper Scented Geranium

Spicy Mexican Sage

Mexican Sage falls into the "apricot" group of scented geraniums. It is a large plant with billowing growth.

Roller's Satinique

Roller's Satinique is such a beauty. She is a persistant bloomer with coral flowers and velvety leaves. Roller's Satinique is a forest scented geranium.

Copthorne - A Bouquet Of Flowers

What a show! Copthorne has got to be one of the heaviest blooming scented geraniums. It keeps blooming for a long time, too.

Prince of Orange

Arucana Springs Into Action

Arucana is such an interesting scented geranium. It has smooth leathery leaves and really lacks that distinctive Pelargonium look. Until you get to the flowers, which are obviously Pelargonium. Arucana is a gardenia scented geranium. The scent is very light, but if you stick you head in the leaves on a hot summer day, you will get a whiff of gardenia. This is the first year I have found seed pods on Arucana - two of them!

More Lemon: Variegated Prince Rupert

Prince Rupert Variegated is a variation of P. crispum, the lemon scented geranium. It has small green leaves outlined in white. It is a bit slow-growing, but a reliable and vigorous bloomer. Look at the bottom of the picture. You an see that some of the flowers belong to P. crispum 'Minor', yet they look just alike. The flowers open pure white and then turn a soft pink.

Lemon With A Twist

P. crispum 'Minor' is named for its tiny little leaves. In spite of his delicate appearance, Minor has a strong constitution and is a reliable bloomer. This is the scented geranium sometimes called "Fingerbowl Lemon", the small leaves being floated in fingerbowls to add a refreshing lemon scent.

More Hot Pink

Limoneum is always fun to look at. I love the wild "bad-hair-day" growth habit as the season advances. This would be the perfect scented geranium for one of those pots shaped like a human head!

Clorinda Rocks!

I'm especially enjoying Clorinda this year! After a couple years of minimal blooming activity, she is delightfully covered with deep pink flowers. Clorinda is a large, rambling plant with a woodsy scent.

Stalking The Wild Erodium

Travelling through Kingman, AZ on Friday we stopped at a gas station. I spotted this low, green plant growing in the desert next to the parking lot. It had darling little pink flowers with five petals. A closer look revealed the storksbill seed pods. I was on it like Steve Irwin on a crocodile! What a thrill it was to meet a member of the Geraneaceae family "in the wild"! You better believe I collected seeds, too!

After some searching on the internet, I now believe this to be Redstem Filaree: Erodium cicutarium. It is a widespread weed in California, directly across the river from Kingman. Apparently it is very adaptable and will establish itself in all kinds of habitats. In fact, my first experience with this plant was on the playground at my elementary school, where we would pick the seedpods and squeeze the stem end to see the seeds shoot out on their little springs. My mother recalls making little scissors with the pods as a little girl.

Another Look At The Celery Scented Geranium

Not to be going on and on about one plant, but Celery looks just fabulous right now! Stop, drop and admire.

Little Pink Butterflies

P. ionidiflorum is putting on a fine show right now. She almost always has a few flowers, but now is gloriously abuzz with tiny pink flowers.

It's Scented Geranium Time!

Apple geranium always seems to lead the way by blooming first. How wonderful after the dreary winter to see her friendly little flowers!

Coconut scented geranium is full of mischief and loves to travel. When I start finding her babies, spring is here.

Max came out of hibernation yesterday. He sunned for a couple hours and also drank from a puddle on the patio. He'll start eating small amounts at first and then beome ravenous. The bermuda grass has not emerged yet, so I'd better be prepared with some broccoli! We are forecast to have a few days in the low 80's. That will get him going.

Rosemary In Bloom

A Visit To Canna Land

Blooming in Canna Land (in order of appearance): Red Dazzler, Omega, Coral Endeavour, Futurity Rose, Aztec, Cardinal Sinn, Richard Wallace, Dawn Pink, Taj Mahal (bud), and Edna Tulip. Be sure to visit Canna Land for more canna pictures.

Mrs. Taylor Drops By

Mrs. Taylor has a musky or vinagrette scent. It has a nice long blooming period.

The Fabulous Lavendar Nutmeg

P. 'Nutmeg Lavender' has a multitude of positive qualities: tight umbrels of double lavender blooms, a compact growth habit and self-branching ivy geranium foliage with a nice nutmeg scent. The most amazing thing is it's heat tolerance. Lavender Nutmeg has survived two Las Vegas summers on my patio in part shade and is none the worse for it.

Orange You Orange?

Of course, P. 'Orange' is orange scented. He is also my true, very most favorite scented geranium. Orange is easy to grow and blooms freely in the spring.