Rose geranium

<div style="float: left; padding: 0px 5px 5px 5px;"><img src="/Images/circa1787.png"/></div>Scented geraniums were originally brought to Holland and England from South Africa in the mid-1600s. They were one of the essential herbs of early American colonists who favored useful herbs over merely decorative flowers. Rose cakes, syrups, and potpourri came from the kitchens of the day, and today that redolent rose scent is just as appealing. Small pink flowers tip the branches in early summer.

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With fragrances of fruits, flowers, spices, and even chocolate, scented geraniums delight the senses. The plant's tactile leaves -- some fuzzy, some smooth -- come in a wide range of shapes and hues. They have been favorites of herb and indoor gardeners since Victorian times. They are hardy in Zones 10-11 and warmer parts of Zone 9 but can be grown as annuals or houseplants in colder regions.

Award-winning Pelargonium 'Attar of Roses' (Scented Geranium) is a bushy evergreen sub-shrub boasting rose-scented, pinnately lobed leaves. The leaves are covered with fine short hairs making them soft to the touch. They release their rose fragrance when brushed or crushed. Blooming from spring to summer, pale lavender-pink flowers up to 1 in. across (2.5 cm) are produced in clusters above the fragrant foliage. Their large upper petals are adorned with deep burgundy blotches and veins. Place…

Pelargonium graveolens also commonly called rose geranium has amazing medicinal uses. It has an amazing smell of roses which is mesmerizing. Pelargonium essential oil extracted from the leaves also have wonderful uses. Pelargonium graveolens tea…

Attar is a general term that applies to perfume from flowers. Normally, it is used in connection with rose petals and rose distillation. However, because i

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Rose-scented geranium is one of the more useful herbs in the garden. Use it to make a relaxing herbal tea, scent and nourish furniture, and keep insects away.

Rose-scented leaves and clusters of pale pink flowers adorn this trailing geranium.