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.

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.

The Joy of Celery

All my geraniums are very pretty right now. I have a lot of exciting pictures coming up. Celery scented geranium is puting on a particularly fine display. The flower stems are very thin, so the flowers have the appearance of a flock of butterflies.

Seed Patrol

A few warm days and like magic, the seeds appear! This afternoon I harvested seeds from Pelargonium 'Cinnamon', P. ionidiflorum (Celery), Coconut, Apple and a couple of zonals.

Seed Patrol

Pelargonium odoratissimum (apple) with flowers and seedheads

Both Apple and Celery Geranium are now producing seedheads. I have managed to collect a little seed already from Apple, but none yet from Celery. They are both species pelargoniums so the seed should be viable. Rooting cuttings are the faster, easier method of getting new plants, of course, but this is a quest for knowledge and experience!

Pelargonium ionidiflorum (celery) with flowers and seedheads

Celery Geranium Still Blooming

P. ionidiflorum

Pelargonium ionidiflorum has been blooming since it first arrived on February 22 - almost 2 months ago. And it really does smell like celery!

Buds and Blooms

Quite a few of my scented geraniums are beginning to produce buds: Phyllis, Old Scarlet Unique, Nutmeg, Mexican Sage, Clorinda, Orange, and Sandalwood. This is a very exciting development! The only one of these I have seen bloom before is Nutmeg.

P. ionidiflorum (celery) & P. odoratissimum (apple) in bloom 03/11/06

The only scented geraniums currently blooming are Celery and Apple. In fact, they arrived that way from the nursery. No sign of blooms yet from Strawberry, Ginger or Brilliant. And Dr. Livingstone, Citrosa and Lime were recently chopped back to almost nothing, but just wait a little bit.

Celery Geranium in Bloom

Here is a better picture of Pelargonium ionidiflorum. It was blooming when it arrived in a box and shows no sign of letting up. I love the wild look of the narrow petals!