Scientific Name:
Pelargonium graveolens
Pronunciation:
pell-are-GOE-nee-um gruh-VEE-uh-lenz
Common Name:
rose geranium, citronella geranium
Family Name:
Geraniaceae
Plant Type:
Annual (grown as)
Key ID Features:
Leaves usually deeply incised leaves, soft to the touch, velvety, and strongly rose scented; flowers pale pink to almost white, mid summer to fall.
Habit:
Dense, Upright
Form:
Oval - horizontal
Texture:
Medium - coarse
Mature Height:
0.7 - 1.3m
Mature Spread:
0.6 - 1.0m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Africa
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Bedding plant, Fragrance
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Lobed, Dissected
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation
Surfaces:
Pubescent
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Hastate
Margins:
Pinnately lobed
Inflorescence Type:
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White, Pink (mauve)
Flower Scent:
Lemony
Flower Time at Peak:
Aug, Sep, Oct
Fruit Type:
Achene, Schizocarp
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Aug, Sep, Oct
Additional Info:
Not showy
Bark or Stem Colour:
Green
Pest Susceptibility:
Aphids or adelgids, Blight or needle cast, Mealybugs, Mites, Whitefly or psyllids, Wilt
