Botanical Name: Pelargonium odoratissimum
Common Name: Apple-scented geranium
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape multi-branched, rounded plant with scalloped, rounded leaves and small white flowers held above the foliage
Height to 18"
Spread to 18"
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil required good drainage
Hardiness some frost (zones 8,9 14-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves simple palmate leaves with a reniform shape to 2" long on long petioles; margins finely crenate and scalloped with a silvery edge
Flowers terminal umbels of fine white flowers to 1/4" across; maroon spots located on two of the five petals
Fruit small capsule with a pronounced ‘beak’
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings
 
Usage:
grown for aromatic foliage in scented gardens, in containers or mixed with other perennials; also used in herb gardens and medicinal gardens
 
Landscape Care:
Watering likes regular watering; becomes more drought tolerant with age
Fertilizing balanced fertilizer in spring
Pruning pinch regularly to induce bushiness
Pests/Diseases tobacco budworm, aphids, spider mites
Special Conditions/Other sometimes listed as P. odoratissimum ‘Apple’
 
Origin: South Africa
Family: Geraniaceae

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