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Monday, March 31, 2008
Heat Tolerant Scented Geraniums For Desert Dwelling Gardeners
Pelargonium ionidiflorum (celery scented geranium) blooms almost nonstop.
Desert dwelling gardeners face a daunting array of problems. Triple digit temperatures, high winds, low humidity all create difficult challenges. Zonal geraniums have a rough time in the Las Vegas summer. What about the scenteds? Good news: Many scented geraniums live happily with our weather extremes.
I thought a list of the most heat tolerant and trouble free would be useful. Everything on this list I have grown for over a year in Southern Nevada. They perform well with only the basic care - no special treatment. (Basic care is defined as water, fertilizer, repotting as needed and half day of sun.) This list is not meant to be definitive and will most certainly grow longer in the future.
Heat Tolerant Scented Geraniums For Desert Gardeners:
- Pelargonium 'Attar of Roses' (rose)
- P. crispum (lemon)
- P. crispum 'Minor' (lemon)
- P. 'Dr. Livingstone' (lemon-rose)
- P. grossularioides (coconut)
- P. limoneum (lemon-lime)
- P. lucaeflora (rose)
- P. ionidiflorum (celery)
- P. 'Mint Scented Rose' (mint)
- P. odoratissimum (apple)
- P. 'Old Scarlet Unique' (pungent)
- P. 'Orange' (orange)
- P. 'Roller's Satinique' (pungent)
- P. 'Sandalwood' (woodsy)
- P. 'Strawberry' (strawberry)
Which worthy, hardworking young scented geraniums will make it to the Heat Tolerant List next? What pitfalls await them? Which scented geraniums have been "deselected" from the List? And why, why, why? You'll read it all here first.
Posted by Dawn Hill at 1:42 AM | Comments
Categories: Heat Tolerant, Hot Weather, P. 'Attar of Roses', P. 'Dr. Livingstone', P. 'Mint Scented Rose', P. 'Old Scarlet Unique', P. 'Orange', P. 'Roller's Satinique', P. 'Sandalwood', P. 'Strawberry', P. crispum, P. crispum 'Minor', P. grossularioides, P. ionidiflorum, P. limoneum, P. lucaeflora, P. odoratissimum
Categories: Heat Tolerant, Hot Weather, P. 'Attar of Roses', P. 'Dr. Livingstone', P. 'Mint Scented Rose', P. 'Old Scarlet Unique', P. 'Orange', P. 'Roller's Satinique', P. 'Sandalwood', P. 'Strawberry', P. crispum, P. crispum 'Minor', P. grossularioides, P. ionidiflorum, P. limoneum, P. lucaeflora, P. odoratissimum
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Heat Brings Explosive Growth
Pruned on 3/5/06
Temperatures here in Las Vegas, NV have been in the high 80s to mid 90s. Scented geraniums LOVE this weather! The picture above shows a 16" pot with two Rose Geraniums (P. lucaeflora) and one Chocolate Mint Geranium (P. 'Chocolate Mint'). Most of the growth you see below has happened in the last 2-3 weeks! Combined container plantings like this are a great way to get maximum impact from your scented geraniums.
Rose Geranium and Chocolate Mint Geranium
Posted by Dawn Hill at 6:54 PM | Comments
Categories: Hot Weather, P. 'Chocolate Mint', P. lucaeflora, Pruning
Categories: Hot Weather, P. 'Chocolate Mint', P. lucaeflora, Pruning
