Plant Care Library

Other Names:  Celery Scented Pelargonium

Description:

This selection is a spreading, branched, aromatic variety with ferny, celery scented foliage; stunning, magenta orchid-like flowers emerge in late winter and continue throughout the growing season; excellent for hanging baskets

Ornamental Features

Celery Scented Geranium features delicate clusters of hot pink orchid-like flowers with a deep purple blotch at the ends of the branches from late winter to mid fall. Its fragrant ferny leaves remain green in color throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes

Celery Scented Geranium is a multi-stemmed annual with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant. Trim off the flower heads after they fade and die to encourage more blooms late into the season. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Celery Scented Geranium is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use

Planting & Growing

Celery Scented Geranium will grow to be about 18 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 24 inches. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is not originally from North America.