Pelargonium is a bright representative of perennial plants that like gardeners and are used in interesting landscape designer solutions all over the world. At the same time, this is a plant from South Africa.

Pelargonium is sometimes called geranium, which is explained by their similarity. Also these two different plants are close relatives, since they are representatives of the Geraniev family.

This confusion in the names of these plants began from the 18th century. Then the Dutch Botany Johannes Burman was asked to allocate in two separate clauses, but earlier the Karl's scientist Linney mistaken them into a common group. The final decision was made by the French Charlem Louis, Starling, who allocated a pelargonium in a separate genus.

Abroad, the Pelargonium was long considered a plant that could allow only rich aristocrats in their orangeneers. In our country, Pelargonia has not been particularly popular for some time..

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Similarities

Karl Linnem they were combined by the similarity of the fruit box, which after fertilization resembled the beak of the crane due to the stretching pestle. Stems from both plants are a reprehension, and the leaves grow alternately and covered with small hairs. Plants have a specific aroma, easily multiply and unpretentious.

Differences

1. Genetic distinction, therefore, it is impossible to get seeds from their crossing.
2. Climatic features. Pelargonium is more thermalized, and geranium can bloom even at 12 ° C. This is due to the native habitat: Pelagrony - South Africa, Geranium - Northern Hemisphere.
3. External differences in flowers and their shades. Pelargonium flowers are combined into large inflorescences, while the wedge of irregular shape - 2 petal is more and are located on top. Geranium has a single flowers for 5-8 petals. Geranian flowers are not alami, and Pelargoniums are blue.

What does the plant look like?

Pelargonium is a representative of perennial herbaceous plants, it is sometimes possible to meet shrub species. Pelargonium grows from 30 to 80 cm. Strengthening stems with alternately growing leaves. At the same time, the form of leaves will be different for each species - simple, palphatic-disseated, palpat.

Inflorescences of umbrella form. Flowers of cultured species are larger than wild and have 2 upper large petals and 3 lower smaller size. Pelargonium has a peculiar aroma inherent in each individual form, for example, nutmeg, chocolate, citrus.

With the help of hybridization, such aromas can be achieved as peach, lemon, cinnamon, pine, cedar, lilac flowers, rose, vanilla.

Main types: names, description and photos

Currently there are about 280 pelargonium. The following types are most popular among gardeners.

Zone

This species can be both small size (about 10 cm) and large (up to 1 m). Flowers can be two- or tricolor. A feature of this species is that the petals can be a point pattern or a darker stain in the shape of an egg.

Shades of inflorescences can be the most diverse - all shades of red, as well as pink, white, cream, yellow and even several colors.

Sort of zonal pelargonium:

• Alice.
• Bolero.
• Flamenco.
• Connie.
• Fantasy.

Royal

The most whimsical and beautiful view. This species received its name for large flowers (in diameter up to 8 cm) with non-unique color, supplemented with dark separation stains or stripes, as well as with a wavy edge.

Varieties of royal pelargonium:

• Princess Wales.
• Turkish.

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Angel

Small (up to 30 cm) plants with flowers similar to pansies. Less whims and continue to bloom all summer.

Variety of Pelargonium Angel:

• Black night.
• Angelys Bicolor.
• Madame Layal.

Plushelistic

This species has a feature - dark green leaves, reminiscent of ivy leaves. The inflorescences are most often terry, while the palette of colors is represented by shades from the milk to the purple and red.

Village of plush pelargonium:

• Crock-o-day.
• Ice Rose.

Fascular

The most fragrant look, because when touched terry flowers and leaves feels persistent fragrance. In some varieties, leaves can be corrugated. Flowers are often not particularly attractive - small sizes and a laundry color.

Solded soul Pelargonia:

• Brilliant (Pineapple).
• Chocolate Mint (Mint).
• ATTAR OF ROSES (Rose).

Beneficial features

This plant has a large number of beneficial properties, therefore, it is used in medicine and cooking.

Most often use fragrant and pink pelargonium.

Cooking

1. Since many sorts of pelargonium have a pleasant aroma, their leaves and flowers are used when cooking compotes, add to vodka, brandy, freeze in ice, add and decorate desserts.
2. Antiseptic properties are used in the billets of jam, to prevent the occurrence of mold.

Medicine

Highly carefully use this plant in the treatment of children, preventing consumption.

Pensioners and people with chronic diseases should be used before the use of drugs, which contains pelargonium, refine information from the doctor.

Read more about therapeutic properties of pelargonium and use in folk medicine, find out.

All about reproduction

Seeds

Seeds are better to sow at the end of winter (January-February). With an earlier landing, it is necessary to ensure additional lighting so that the seedlings are not very pulled out. Seeds are planted in prepared and moistened soil and sprinkled with a thin layer of 2-3 mm soil. The container or individual cup is better to keep at room temperature in a bright place.

First time, watering is carried out as needed and by spraying. After the sprouts appeared, watered as an ordinary plant, not allowing entering the leaves and stems.

Pricing Pelargonium follows after the first real leaflet appears. Flowering a plant grown from seed will be about six months.

Housecare

Pelargonium refers to unpretentious plants.

More nuances about the care of pelargonia at home Find out.

Growing at home, on the balcony and flower bed

1. Gray mold on leaves may appear from excess watering. It is necessary to remove contaminated leaves, dry the plant and treat the fungicide.

   When rooting the root system or root neck, the plant most often dies.

2. With such fungal diseases, as a verticillaty wilt and rust apply the prevention measures carried out before the rest period with the help of fungicides.
3. In the fight against the blonde, torment cherver, and tryps, use insecticides and is better to carry out treatment in a closed room.

Pelargonium is a flowering plant that is suitable for both the balcony, and even in the open soil. Beautiful flowers will delight the entire summer period, and unique fragrance will be present all year round.

Pelargonium - Description

Pelargonium (Lat. Pelargonium) - The plant of the Geranium family. In nature, there are up to 350 species of plants, which are usually grassy perennials, but there are also succulent plants, and shrubs.

Home pelargonium surprises that he can act on people diametrically opposite: one of the fragrance of Pelargonium becomes bad, and others it calms down and relaxes. Only some species of Pelargonium were cultivated, but this does not mean that choose nothing.

In addition to their decorative qualities, Pelargoniums were excreted and useful - used in medicine and perfumery. Pelargonium essential oil is used not only as a flavoring for soap or spirits, but also is an excellent means to purify air from harmful impurities and microorganisms.

Landing and care for pelargonium

• Bloom: from May to October.
• Lighting: Bright sunlight.
• Temperature: In the spring and summer - 25-30 ºC, in winter - not higher than 14 ºC.
• Watering: In the spring and summer - 3-4 days after the upper layer of the soil in the pot dries. In winter - when the earthen car dries on a third of the depth.
• Air humidity: Normal for residential premises.
• Feeding: In the spring and summer - once every two weeks with mineral fertilizer for flowering plants. After the completion of flowering, the feeding stops.
• People's period: from November to March.
• Pruning: Every year during the period before the start of March.
• Transfer: Young plants - annually, and adults - when the roots fully turn the earthen com.
• Substrate: Pockery, sheet, nervous land and sand in equal parts.
• Reproduction: Seeds and cuttings.
• Pests: Bellenka and notch.
• Diseases: Root rot, gray rot, loss of attractive leaves due to improper content conditions.
• Properties: Some species of Pelargonium Poisonous!

Read more about the cultivation of Pelargonia below

Pelargonium - Photo

Pelargonium - video

Care for Pelargonium at home

Lighting

Room Pelargonium is just true of plants that not only tolerate straight sunlight well, but also need them. Conclusion - the windows on the south side are most suitable for Pelargonia. But, despite this, the plant grows well even on the north side, the main thing is that the light day is long, otherwise the shoots are pulled out. In the summer, Pelargonia is put on the street or balcony, if there is such an opportunity. Room with pelargoniums need to be tired, because It requires fresh air for normal development.

Temperature

In summer, the temperature should be from 25 to 30 ° C, i.e. room temperature. In winter, the temperature should be quite low, which is necessary for normal blossoms of pelargonium. So throughout the winter, the temperature is desirable not to rise above 14 ° C.

Watering Pelargonia

Pelargonium plant at home must be watered in three to four days after drying the upper layer of the soil. You can check, blocking your finger for 1-2 cm per substrate. This is the summer. In winter, watering is carried out in such a way that the soil simply does not dry. At low air temperature and high soil moisture, Pelargonium roots can be undermined, which, in turn, can lead to a disease of the entire plant and his death.

Spraying Pelargonium

Pelargonium's indoor flower does not suffer from dry air, so it's not necessary to spray the pelargonium. If the summer the temperature is very high, it will not be superfluous and a little spray the leaves.

Up. Pelargonia

Perechada Pelargoniums spend once or two with an interval of two weeks a couple of months after the transplant. Feed to improve flowering, for which phosphoric fertilizers use. Forming organic fertilizers is undesirable - the plant is badly absorbed.

Trimming Pelargonia

Pelargoniums in room conditions are cut off annually, leaving shoots only with 2-4 nodes. This is done in order to get a lush flowering bush. Pelargonium needs to remove leaves that wished or desole. For this, a very sharp knife is used, and in no case take off the sheets, since torn edges can start rotting. So that this does not happen, the location of the cut is sprinkled with crowded charcoal. Trim leaves are necessary so that the base of the petorant remains on the plant.

Transplantation of Pelargonia

Young Pelargoniums need an annual transplant, and more adults - when the roots completely turn the pot roots. At the bottom of the pot, as usual, pour drainage, and from above - soil mixture: humus, nervous and leaf land, peat and sand - all in equal parts.

Pelargonium from seeds

Pelargoniums in reproduction seeds can lose the varietal signs that need to be considered when landing. For sowing, the soil mixture is made of equal parts of peat, sand and the turf, pour it into a low container. For the rapid appearance of germs, the temperature should be around 22 ° C, then the seeds will germinate for two weeks. Pelargonium seedlings dive into individual small pots, and when the pot becomes small, they are rolled out into the pots of 9 cm in diameter. First bloom with proper care is observed in a year with a small one.

The reproduction of Pelargonium Strenniks

Home pelargonium is best breeding with top cuttings. Cut the cuttings and root them or at the end of winter, or at the end of summer. The cuttings are cut off the top, and the slice is made at an angle slightly below the node. There should be no less than three leaves on the cutting. Best of all - from three to five leaves. The cuttings are left for several hours to dry, and before planting the sections, the cutting is treated with a stimulant of root formation and crowded charcoal. The container poured a substrate from equal parts of the turf, sand and peat, and the cuttings are planted around the perimeter. You can pinch a stalk so that the Pelargonium flower is lush. Capacity with cuttings put in place with bright scattered light and regularly spray the soil. After 15-20 days, the cuttings should be rooted. When the seedlings are fixed, they are searched by individual pots. It should be borne in mind that from the size of the pot depends on the abundance of flowering: the greater the pot, the meager Pelargonium blooms. 5-7 months after the rooting of Pelargonium will bloom.

Poisonousness of Pelargonia

Not all pelargoniums are poisonous, but it is better to wash your hands after working with a flower, if not known whether this kind is poismarked.

Diseases and pests of Pelargonium

Pelargonium does not bloom. If the plant does not ill and is not affected by pests, it could be caused by winter at high air temperature and bright lighting.

The edges of the lower leaves of Pelargonium, which turn yellow. Pelargonium lacks moisture in the soil - it is necessary to increase the frequency of irrigation.

The lower leaves of Pelargonium are withering, yellow and rot. Too frequent watering, soil does not have time to sleep between watering. The leaves need to cut, and sprinkle the location with a powder of pushed coal.

The base of the stem of Pelargonium. This is the root rot. She is the "black leg". Read in the section "Diseases", how to deal with it.

Swimming on the leaves of Pelargonium. Excess moisture in the soil. Watering the pelargonium you need a couple of days after drying the upper layer of the soil.

Gray rot on pelargonium. Pelargonium does not tolerate water in the substrate. Wrong watering - gray rot here like here!

Pelargonium pests. Pelargonium most often feed the whiteflink and aphid.

Views of Pelargonium

Pelargonium fragrant / Pelargonium Graveolens

Evergreen strongly branching shrubs, omitted, heat up to 1 m. The leaves are pubes, divided by 5-7 shares, green. Nice smell. Inflorescences of umbrellas, numerous flowers - pink. Flowering period - over summer.

Pelargonium Gunny / Pelargonium Capitatum

The form is represented by evergreen semi-stares growing in a height of up to 0.5 m with a little. Soothes and leaves are pubescent. Shoots direct. The leaves seem to be crumpled, divide on 3-5 parts, green. Inflorescence umbrellas. Flowers are sitting, grow in large quantities, pinkish color (with shades of purple). The flowering period is the mid-end of summer. Leaves smell.

Pelargonium fragrant / pelargonium odoratissimum

Shrub, leaves do not resell, shoot short. Leaves up to 5 cm wide, heart-shaped-colored shape, with slightly torn edges, covered with very short and soft hairs, very pleasant smelling. Inflorescences umbrellas. Flowers are assembled at 8-10 pieces, pink and white.

Pelargonium Zone / Pelargonium Zonale

Evergreen meter semi-stabilics with sowned and fleshy shoots. The leaves are usually solid and only sometimes slightly blade, green with brown border along the edge. Sitting red flowers are collected in multi-scale inflorescences. Flowers from the end of spring to the beginning of autumn.

Pelargonium Kobook / Polargonium Cucullatum

Evergreen sowned shrub originally from South Africa. Leaves on long cutters, green. Inflorescence - umbrella. Flowers red-purple, numerous. The flowering period falls at the end of the summer - the beginning of autumn. There are varieties with terry leaves.

Pelargonium Large-flowered / Pelargonium Grandiflorum

Evergreen meter shrub with a large number of branches. Leaves or quilted or dissected, honestly rounded, or slightly pubescent or without hairs. On the coloring grows up to 3 white flowers with red veins; Flowers in diameter are growing to 3-4 cm. The flowering falls on the middle of the spring - the beginning of summer.

Pelargonium Curly / Pelargonium Crispum

Evergreen shrubs with a lot of branches, grow up to 0.5 m. The leaves grow in two rows, the form approximately resembles the heart-shaped, dense, edges of ribbon-wavy, gear. Flowers in the middle-end of summer. Flowers grow on low flowered two or three pieces. The leaves are pleasantly smelling.

Pelargonium Dringing / Pelargonium Inquinans

One-one-meme eurgreen shrub with fleshy escapes. The leaves of the rounded calf shape, dark green. Inflorescences umbrellas. Flooring short. Red flowers. Depending on the care, it can bloom in the late spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Pelargonium Fluffy / Pelargonium Crithmifolium

These are succulent leaf falling plants with thick flutter shoots. The leaves are divided into the robes of the centenary and sisovatic color, the length reach 8 cm, can be covered with hairs, and may be undecided. Inflorescences - umbrellas. Flowers 1,5-2 cm long, flowers grow 5-6 pieces, white; Zev with red spots.

Pink Pink / Pelargonium Radens

Evergreen semi-one-meter shrubs with lots of pubescent escapes. The leaves are published on both sides: from the bottom soft, and on top of rigid hairs; edges of sheets bent; The leaves are very deeply separated. Very pleasant smell. Coloring umbrella, powered. Pink flowers with dark veins, grow a few pieces on a flower.

Pelargonium angular / pelargonium angulosum

Evergreen Pelargonium growing up to one 1 m in height. The leaves are a bit like a sheet of oak, but the share of the sheet is wavy, and not straight. Grow on a short cutter. Inflorescence umbrellas. Flowers a lot, most often bright red. With proper care, flowering falls at the end of summer - mid-autumn.

Pelargonium quadrangular / pelargonium tetragonum

This species is a leafy shrub growing up to 60-70 cm in height. Stems straight, tetrahedral, light green or with a shade of gray. The leaves of the heart-shaped shape, cuffs, covered with rare hairs, grow up to 5 cm into the width; The edge of the sheet is reddish brown. Flowers usually consist of 5 white petals (with a cream or pink shade) - 3 large petals at the top, and 2 smaller below.

Pelargonium Plumbing / Pelargonium Peltatum

Amperal evergreen shrub. Eaves are sown or bare. The leaves of fleshy, thyroid shape, shiny, green, are also sowed or bare, divided into five pieces, the edges are smooth. Flowers are white, pink, red, collected several pieces in umbifted inflorescences. Flowers from mid spring to the end of summer.

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There are about 300 species. Motherland - South Africa. Geranium room combines all plants of the species grown at home. They include both Geranium African, called Pelargonium.

Geranium room: Description

All room geranium can be divided into two groups:

• Flowering, distinguished by beautiful flowers.
• Fragrant, with inconspicuous flowers and fragrant leaves.

Gerani root more often branched, in some types of rod. The stem may be represented or flimsy (in ampel plants). Leaves dissected or in the form of a blade, less frequently, covered with fine thin hairs. Coloring can be monophonic, zonal, color - green intensity, with a grayish, red or blue tint. All of them have long stiffs.

Flowers are collected in the inflorescences of the brush, each of them consists of 5 and more rounded petals of red, pink, purple, white. In some varieties, they are marked with bright contrasting stains.

Flowers geranium almost all year round.

To do this, she needs to provide a sufficient amount of light and nutrients. Fruits-boxes are formed from flowers. Many are reminded by the shape of the beak crane. This similarity is obliged to a few folk names, caught in different countries: "Zhuravylchik", "Aist's nose". Inside the fetus are quite large seeds.

The most popular and beautiful views of Geranium room:

• The most common - geranium zone (bordered, Kalachik). It has 70 thousand varieties. Leaves are solid, with dark concentric circles of different intensity. The stem is a reprehensive, with improper formation grows up to 1 m in height. Flowers are bright, pink or white, in shape simple, semi-grade or terry.
• Plushing differs from the zonal shape of the stem. Long leaves decorated with smooth leaves hanging down. Flower is installed in suspended vases.
• Grows to half a meter. Leaves are monotonous or with stripes, dark spots. Flowers are large, in shape simple or terry, monophonic, varied colors, with colored spots, veins, cuts. Another name is English large-flowered.
• May be smelling lemon, needles, melissa, ginger, pineapple and other plants. The grade hasty has an aroma of roses, fragrant - apple. Some flavors are not too pleasant. Flowers are nondescript, pink or purple. A bush needs to be regularly quenched so that he had a beautiful form. It is used for the manufacture of aromatic oils.
• Geranium angel with flowers similar to. The bush amply, the scourge is shorter than that of plush-in, covered with inflorescences with a large number of flowers.

Unicum hybrids have strongly dissected, very fragrant leaves. Flowers are large and beautiful, but less than the royal. Miniature and dwarfs do not require trimming. Flower abundantly.

In the form of a flower, several groups of zonal geranium can be distinguished:

• Rose colored with flowers resembling roses.
• Cactus with petals swirling in the form of cone.
• Star with pointed petals.
• A group of naughty-colored with petals joined around the edges.
• Succulents are a special type of geranium. Plant stems are bizarrely bent. Some varieties have spines.

Reproduction

Geranium room clearer:

• Seeds, but this method does not always guarantee the repetition of hybrids's mother properties.
• Cuttings.

Seeds are sown in the ground, cooked from equal parts of peat, sand and double portion of the turf. The bulk of the soil is laid in the dishes, at the bottom of which is a layer of drainage. Seed seeds over the surface at a distance of 2 cm from each other, then fall asleep the remaining ground with a thin layer. Moisturized with a pulverizer.

They are covered with dishes with glass or film, installed in heat (about 20 ° C). Every day they ventilate, removing the glass and shake the drops from it. When the first seeds are germinate, remove the shelter, reduce the temperature (can be installed on the windowsill, where it is lower than in the rest of the room).

The next 2 months, the seedlings are watered, waiting for it until it appears in 2 real leaves. Plants are planted into separate small-diameter pots. To get a plating a beautiful shape, the top pinch after 6 sheets. When evounced seeds, collected by itself, first they will be signed. To do this, you can hand over with their sandpaper.

Take a stalk, a few hours withstand him in the air to lend. Locked in dishes with loose ground or coarse sand. Do not cover. When the cutlets are rooted, it can be transplanted in another pot.

More often rooting the cuttings in another way. Out up the lower leaves, set the cuttings into the glass with water and are waiting for the roots formed. Then planted in a pot.

Landing

The ground for growing geranium is used not very fertile. Otherwise, the plant will have a lot of leaves, but few flowers. Geranium pot must have enough holes for outflow of excess moisture. Drainage layer is placed on the bottom of the dishes: ceramzit, pebbles, foam.

Watered as the soil drying. In winter, in the cool room spend a couple of times in a month. If the plant is in the warm room, moisturize more often. Plants that were planted in an open ground, at the beginning of autumn hide in the house. They do not tolerate the transplant. Unable to keep a large amount of soil, so the roots are offended.

In order for geranium easier to transfer the transplant, the branches cut off, limiting their height.

Cut tops can be used for breeding. For the winter, there is a stem on which no more than 7 sheets grow. Remove shoots growing from sheet sinuses. Leave those that grow from the root. Run shoots after every 5 leaves. Do not cut geranium in December and early January. The rejuvenating trimming is carried out, leaving 5 kidneys on the shoot.

Growing conditions

- unpretentious plant. But often she dies due to errors in care. Usually this:

• Too low temperature. Optimal from 15 to 20 degrees. If it is below 10 ° C, the plant disappears.
• Excess moisture and weak drainage in the pot. This is manifested by the yellowing and fading of the leaves. The root system boosts, and the plant dies.
• The lack of moisture is manifested by the fact that the leaves are yellow and dry around the edges.
• With an insufficient number of light, the leaves grow small, with long cutters, some of them are popped. The plant is drawn up, has a pale appearance. The flower is better installed on the southern windows. Cover from the Sun should only in particularly hot days.
• Gerana needs the constant formation of the bush. In order for it to be branched, pinch shoots. If you do not plan to collect geranium seeds, after flowering the brush is removed. This will improve the type of plant and will allow other buds to develop faster.
• Masses the size of the pot. If the dishes are too broad, the plant will bloom weakly.
• Transplanted geranium when the roots of the plant begin to break through the drainage holes. If you do not transplant on time, the leaves will begin shirt and fall.

Housecare

Geronian care tips:

• The main gear care is not to pour it with water. Excess moisture it transfers much worse than drought. Pig room leaves are not sprayed with water. Moisture drops can remain between the villings, creating conditions for the development of fungal diseases.
• Geranium easily tolerates high temperatures.
• Sometimes, with insufficient lighting in the room, geranium is highlighted with garden lamps of daylight. This leads to the active formation of buds.
• Fertilizers contribute the whole season of vegetation. A good result gives the use of liquid feeding. Positive reacts geranium on iodine. In a liter of water dissolve a drop of iodine. Carefully stirred and water the plant. It is necessary to do this so that the solution does not hit the roots. Therefore, they pour it along the walls of the dishes. The plant after such feeding will be actively blossoming. You can use any with phosphorus. Organic do not contribute.
• Sounded soil periodically loose to ensure air access to roots. Use for this an old fork or a wooden wand.
• Geranus care includes the fight against pests. And ticks are destroyed by processing the lower part of the sheets with a tobacco with a household soap. After a few hours, flushed with clean water. Fighting with a blonde harder. It is advisable to immediately start using insecticides like "confident".
• If brown spots are formed on geranium leaves, this is a sign of damage to the fungal disease - rust. To combat it spray "phytosporin". Increased moisture content of the soil causes the root rot, the drops of water droplets during irrigation - gray rot.

Use for landscaping apartments. But in the spring, when the threat of return freezers, it is better to fall on the flower bed. All summer she will delight lush flowering.

Geranium leaves are used in salads or baking. Used as seasoning. This largely depends on the grade of Gerani and the personal preferences of the owner. Geranium leaves are used to aromatize clothes in the cabinets.

Application in Medicine:

• Fitoncides allocated by leaves are able to kill microorganisms leading to various diseases. Therefore, the infusion of leaves and decoction of roots is used to treat purulent wounds, sore throats, gastrointestinal tract. Some types of geranium have additional healing properties.
• The smell of Gerana has a tonic and soothing effect on the human nervous system. It helps relieve tension after the working day, improves sleep. Therefore, oils with various flavors are made of leaves.
• Geranium for patients with cardiovascular diseases is especially useful. Its fragrance improves the condition of sinus treatment with sinus arrhythmias, ischemic disease, normalizes blood circulation in vessels.

More information can be found from the video:

Fragrant pelargoniums are characterized by the presence on the top, and sometimes the bottom side of the sheets of iron blast filled with essential oil. Sometimes there is a piece of iron on the stalks of plants. When touched or rubbing, the leaves of these pelargoniums distribute the aroma, similar to the aromas of roses, apples, lemon, orange, pineapple, peach, mint, lavender, verbena, wormwood, pine, juniper, cedar, almond, coconut, nutmeg, caramel, cinnamon, And sometimes they have difficult, difficult to describe the smells. The flowers of these pelargonium are inferior to the beauty of many species and hybrid pelargonias - they are usually small and inappropriate paints (white, pink or pale-lilac), but some blossoms are very elegant because of the abundance of small flowers. Some pelargoniums on the windowsill almost do not bloom and are grown exclusively for the sake of fragrant foliage.

Currently, the initial fragrant species include a species, or wild pelargonium (Pelargonium Species), and in this group of pelargoniums with fragrant leaves (Scented Leaved Pelargoniums) combined garden shapes, varieties and hybrids obtained from them.

On the modern classification of Pelargonium read on the page Pelargonium.

Most of these bushy plants with small simple flowers, although there are varieties with large bright flowers and magnificent inflorescences. Leaves vary from different varieties in size and shape. The fragrance of foliage in hybrids can radically differ from the initial species, and sometimes it is lost at all, therefore the process of obtaining new hybrids of fragrant pelargonium is not so simple.

The main generics of this group are pelargonium fragrant (Pelargonium Graveolens), Pelargonium Aromgethest (Pelargnium ODORATISSIMUM), Pelargonium Curly (PELARGONIUM CRISPUM), Pelogeon Pink (Pelargonium Radens), Pelargonium Dolisnaya (Pelargonium quercifolium), Pelargonium is greened (Pelargonium Capitatum), Pelargonium felt (Pelargonium Tomentosum)as well as Pelargonia odorous (PELARGONIUM FRAGRANS), the existence of which as the type is currently questioned - it is assumed that it is a hybrid P. Exstipulatum and P. odoratissimum.

More rare species of pelargonium with fragrant foliage:

Pelargonium Berezoliste (Pelargonium Betulinum) - with a sharp aroma;
. Pelargonium Vinogradoliste (Pelargonium vitifolium) - with the smell of Melissa;
. Pelargonium Gitarovoid PANARGONIUM PANDURIFORME) - with the aroma of Gerani;
. Pelargonium dichondroliste (Pelargonium dichondraefolium) - with the smell of black pepper;
. Pelargonium sticky (Pelargonium glutinosum) - with the smell of Melissa;
. Pelargonium hobbouch (Pelargonium Cucullatum) - with lemon aroma;
. Pelargonium gooseberry (Pelargonium Grossularioides) - with lemon aroma;
. Pelargonium Melissova (Pelargonium mellisimum) - with a sweet lemon aroma;
. Pelargonium Melkocellum (Polargonium Parviflorum) - with the smell of coconut;
. Pelargonium Mokhnaya (Pelargonium Hirtum) - with a sharp aroma;
. Pelargonium Serpnikoliste (Pelargonium Crithmifolium) - with the aroma of ginger and mucate nut;
. Pelargonium roughing (PELARGONIUM scabrum) - with the smell of lemon;
. Pelargonium roughing PELARGONIUM X Asperum)
. Pelargonium abrotanifolium - with a sharp aroma;
. Pelargonium Hypoleucum.

Description of fragrant species pelagony - in the article Species pelargoniums (Species Pelargoniums).

Varieties of fragrant pelargonium

• Pelargonium felt P. Tomentosum Chocolate Mint. (syn. Chocolate Peppermint.) - low, up to 30 cm high, with slightly hanging shoots. The leaves are medium and large, deep-blade, soft, velvety, with a chocolate brown spot in the center, smell of mint. Pale pink flowers, on top petals with purple feathers.
• Pelargonium granny P. Capitatum. Attar of Roses. - Up to 45 cm high, with large three-grass leaves, which have a strong aroma of roses. Lilac-pink flowers, with burgundy throats.

• Pelargonium Curly P. crispum CY'S Sunburst. - It has a fine lemon-making corrugated milk foliage - green with fine golden bounding. Pink flowers.

• Pelargonium Dolisnaya P. QUERCIFOLIUM. Giant Oak. - with very large, paddle leaves with a balsamic smell.
• Pelogronia Pink P. Radens. RED-FLOWERED ROSE - Openwork pelargonium with a grayish-green palter-solid foliage (for which it is called goose paws) and abundant red-pink (brighter than the main species) flowers. Very drought resistant.

• Pelogronia Pink P. Radens. Radula. - Leaves less thinly cut than the main type (P. Radens)with a less bright aroma. Flowers small, lilac pink.

Graveolens Group.

Sort of pelargonium fragrant (P. Graveolens).

• Camphor Rose. - Vertical grumbling, up to 45 cm high, with deeply rugged leaves with a strong aroma of camphor and mint. Purple pink flowers.
• Lady Plymouth - Very popular grade, 45-60 cm high, leaves with thin white moisture, with eucalyptus aroma. Inflorescences from lavender-pink flowers appear in summer.

• Both's snowflake - Vertical-growing, 30-60 cm tall and width, with deep-sized leaves sparkling due to irregular cream spells, with rose aroma.

• Variegata. - up to 60 cm, with pink flowers and motley white-green leaves with mint and roses aroma.

Fragrans Group.

Variety of Pelargonium Pakhchuchi (PELARGONIUM FRAGRANS).

• Fragrans Variegatum - half-student up to 15 cm high, often with reddish stems, velvety leaves, three-bladed, on the edge of stupid, light green, with a sharp color, with spicy aroma. White flowers are collected in inflorescences of 4-8, two top petals with small red stripes.
• Lilian Pottinger. - 25-30 cm high and 12-16 cm wide, gray-green leaves, irregular three-blade, along the edge of gear, with a complex aroma of camphore and pine. In summer, many white flowers with small red marks on the upper petals.
• Ardwick Cinnamon - With a shallow velvety dim green foliage with cinnamon aroma and white flowers with raspberry labels on the upper petals.

Pelargonium varieties with fragrant leaves

Basically, grades of hybrid origin are presented.

• Brunswick. - up to 60 cm high and 45 cm wide, leaves are large, dark green, deeply cut into pointed shares, with a sharp smell. It has spectacular inflorescences from large pink flowers. Flowers in summer.
• Citronella - Dark green leaves, partitioned, with powerful citrus aroma (citronella). During flowering, a variety of small bright pink flowers is covered.

• Charity. - Compact pelargonium up to 30 cm high with palfate-blade, soft-hair, light green leaves with a wide uneven golden crossing. Have a powerful lemon flavor with roses notes. Flowers are small, white-pink, with raspberry marks on the upper petals, are collected in inflorescences of 5-7.
• CopThorne. - 45-60 cm high and often the same width, with powerful dark green leaves with large blades, with a very strong sweet odor resembling cedar. For a long time it blooms with spectacular purple-pink flowers with wine-red veins and stains on the upper petals.

• Eucament. - with strongly dissected, like Pink Pelargonium (P. Radens) Leaves with a bright mentol smell.
  
• Galway Star - Small dense pelargonium, the leaves are deeply scrapped, along the edge of gear, corrugated, green, with cream-bounding, have a strong aroma of lemon. Pale-purple flowers, with bright fuchin labels on the upper petals.

• Gemstone - Directively busy grade 45-60 cm high, with rough blade leaves with bright lemon aroma. Larger blooms with spectacular pink-red inflorescences.
• Grace Thomas. - Large and thick straightforward grade up to 90 cm tall, with large, deeply dissected, gear leaves, with a lemon and lime smell and a sweet raspberry tint. Flowers from white to pale pink, with raspberry stains and veins.

• Hansen "s Wild Spice - Slim plant up to 45 cm high and width. Without trimming gives half-lining stems. Leaves are beautiful, naked, gear, with a strong aroma of citrus and spices. Flowers are quite large, there are different shades of pink, with darker marks on the upper petals.

• Joy Lucille - 45-60 cm high, with large velvety cut leaves with mental-mint aroma, and pale pink flowers with purple feathers on the upper petals.
• Lara Jester. - up to 40 cm high, leaves are large, strongly dissected, with lemon aroma. Flowers are quite large, petals pink-lilac, with more pale edges and white base. On the upper petals - purple veins.

• Lemon Kiss. - Magnificent vertically growing pelargonium up to 40 cm tall and 20 cm wide. Foliage reminds Pelargonium Curly (PELARGONIUM CRISPUM). Mid-sized leaves, rough, texture, gear. It is considered the best grade with the lemon flavor of foliage. Flowers are small, pale-purple, with deep carminic feathers on the upper petals.
• Mabel Gray. - Wide bush 30-35 cm high, with two-color gear leaves of the shape of the maple leaf, medium and large size, with the aroma of verbena lemon. Flowers from pale pink to light lilac, top petals marble, with plum feathers. One of the most fragrant pelargoniums. Detected in Kenya in 1960. Sometimes it appears called P. Citronellum Mabel Gray.

• Orsett. - a large bush vertical growing plant up to 75 cm high, with blade green leaves with purple-brown stains in the center, with a spicy, but pleasant aroma. Flowers are large, pinkish-purple, with darker marks on the upper petals. Flowers very long.

• Paton "S Unique - also applies to the Unicum group. 60-65 cm high and up to 20 cm wide, leaves with sharp odor, influence, from coral red and pale pink flowers with small white eyes.
• Phyllis - also applies to the group of unicumes, very beautiful variety of sports from the Paton variety. S Unique. Leaves deeply out, green, with creamy edges, fragrant. Flowers are bright pink, glowing, with white eye and dark feathers on top petals.

About the Unicum group - in the article Pelargonium Royal, Angels and Unicums.

• Round Leaf Rose. - 60-90 cm high, with rounded, unclearly pillable velvety, textural, stamped leaves with a bronze spot in the center having a fresh orange fragrance. Pink flowers, light spots and purple veins on top petals.
• Shottesham red syn. Concolor Lace - up to 60 cm high and width. Compact pyramid plant with very beautiful velvet corrugated light green leaves. The aroma of the leaves is sweet sharp, with light row notes. It blooms from spring to autumn silage-red, rare color, flowers, with darker feathers on the upper petals, three lower petals are brighter.

Photo: Rita Brilliantova, Nina Starostenshenko

Pelargonium or, habitual, geranium is one of the most common and favorite indoor plants, both in the masted gardeners and the amateur flower flowers. It is not so difficult to care for the pelargonium, but a variety of varieties allows you to breed in pots on the windowsill bright flower bed.

Pelargonium: Popular varieties

Pelargonium is rich in varieties - there are about 250 species. The flower products brought many geranium varieties, which, according to some external features, were divided into groups:

Pelargonium zone

Pelargonium Zonal - the richest varieties (about 1000). The plants of this group are very unpretentious to climatic conditions. When growing in street conditions with a hot climate, it can take a tree shape of a height of 2-3 meters or more. But there are miniature varieties that have an increase of up to 12.5 cm.

The main sign of zonal pelargonium is special circles on foliage, differing in the intensity of the color: from bright to pale green. The inflorescences of the plants of this group can have a variety of color: beige, bright yellow, scarlet, pink and many others.

Royal Pelargonium

Pelargonium Royal - includes more than a hundred varieties, with a lot of different color shades. It has large inflorescences (the size of the flower in some varieties is more than 7 cm), with contrasting specks or stripes on the main color background.

The leaf at the Royal Geranium is rounded with pointed edges. However, as it is clear from the name, the very capricious in the care of home. The period of active flowering is usually beginning in spring.

Pelargonium plush-domed

Pelargonium Plushevalist - the name itself speaks of some similarity with ivy, namely, a similar structure of the sheet. The leaves of such a pelargonium are smooth, stems can burn and bend. Often it is called ampelnaya, it is this kind of geranium that looks perfectly in suspended porridge.

The varieties of ampel pelargonium can have leaves with a motley color, inflorescences from bright pink to scarlet.

Pelargonium fragrant

Pelargonium fragrant is a distinctive feature of this group: the aroma of the leaves. Smells can be different: with notes of citrus, apple and pineapple, nutmeg, other fruits and spices.

The fragrance can be smelted by touching the leaf - the essential oils contained in them, immediately fill everything around the smell. Unfortunately, the inflorescences of such a pelargonium is not so lush and small in size.

Pelargonium: Home Care Features

Pelargonium originally from the hot countries of Africa, so it constantly can carry the scorching sunny rays and the lack of moisture.

Soil for Pelargonia

When choosing a soil, you need to consider several mandatory requirements:

• The soil for planting should be porous, with a small content of sand, with the addition of perlite;
• Soil composition neutral, not acidic;
• The soil should be nutritious, however, do not overdo it with nitrogen-containing fertilizers, as they activate the growth of foliage, but not inflorescence.

Ready soil for growing pelargonium can be purchased in specialized stores, as well as cook it at home.

Optimal temperature, humidity, lighting, watering

From early spring before the beginning of autumn favorable temperature for Pelargonium is 20-25 degrees. In the cold season, it is enough 12-16 degrees. For the plant, fresh, clean air, without drafts, is important.

Humidity is enough to maintain about 50%, in addition, the velvety leaflets of Pelargonium do not tolerate excessive spraying.

For Pelargonium, poor lighting is detrimental. Therefore, ensure your favorite plant with enough sunny ray. Try to turn the pot around your axis more often so that geranium is symmetrical from all sides.

Pelargonium loves moderate watering, water temperature. The plant should be poured only when you find traces of drying the upper layer of the soil.

Rules of transplanting Pelargonia

To transplant geranium, you need:

• Pick up a pot of larger than it was. However, do not overdo it with a space - too large container will become a catalyst for foliage growth, and not inflorescence;
• Pust provide drainage - put on the bottom of the clay, small pebbles or pieces of clay pots;
• Before removing the plant is well water and carefully removed from the pot;
• A layer of wet soil is poured into a new pot, plant a flower in it, the space around the roots fill the remaining earth;
• Watering not earlier than in 3 days.

Mandatory ritual for the care of pelargonium - cutting the stems. Especially she needs it after the winter. Stems for the long cold period are lengthened, the plant loses an attractive form, so it is recommended to trim, leaving 3-5 kidney on the stem. Colloid sulfur, thick coal or fungicide are used to process the cut.

How to multiply Pelargonium?

For the dilution of Pelargonium at home, the method of drawing is used, or reproduction by seeds.

Shining the easiest and fastest method of breeding geranium. It is enough to cut the cutlets with a length of 6-7 cm (cut definitely), we remove two sheets from below, we leave for time to evaporate moisture from the cut (it is desirable to be treated with a root-forming solution), plant a cutlets into a small container with sterilized wet soil.

Time to rouded about 3 weeks. After that, transplant to the ordinary pot.

The seed method is as follows:

• Wet groundwater watering a mortar of manganese to a depth of no more than 2 cm, sowing the seeds of pelargonium;
• When the first sprouts are found, remove the film;
• Watering as the soil cover is dry;
• Seed the plants immediately after the rustling of two leaves.

Pelargonium is not only beautiful in appearance, easy to care: it is still widely used in various spheres of life: it is used in medicine, and even in cooking.

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