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Extremely popular throughout 2009 we have added this Special Offer to our Main Catalogue. Exceptional value and available all year.
Everyone who has taken advantage of this hard to believe offer has received a selection of 12 different plants. Many of our Customers ordered our Special Offer for gifts to friends and family and we know from Feedback they have been very well received and appreciated.
Offer is available to UK and Ireland only.
More Special Offers coming throughout the year so please add us to your Favourites.
All the best from Annie and Guy
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We offer a Choice of 2 Plant Sizes...just one of the reasons we are different
We have been absolutely astounded by the demand for our Medium and Starter sized Scented Geraniums throughout 2009.
We would like to send a very big thank you to everyone who has ordered from us and we are delighted that our website is ensuring that Scented Pelargoniums are becoming more widely known once again.
Annie and Guy
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How to Grow Scented Geraniums Indoors as a House Plant all year (July 21, 2010)
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Scented Geraniums, Pelargoniums
are excellent house plants for indoors all year round
that is why we say they are
'Living Natural Fragrance for Homes and Gardens'
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It really was a very happy and life changing day for me when I came across these beautiful and versatile plants. The sheer pleasure that they give me on a daily basis is beyond comparison. I love to show visitors around our Nursery and their comments, amazement and reaction is an absolute joy to behold. Why, you might be asking? For me I just cannot think of any other group of plants that have such unique qualities and each and every type is truly an individual with its own characteristics.
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No wonder that the Victorians became so enamoured with the Scenteds, as the vast range of scents makes these herbs so versatile. A selection of leaves in a bowl is the most natural of room fresheners, whilst the oils contained in the leaves are a welcome natural flavouring to recipes and many other herbal and medicinal preparations. See Recipes and Uses.
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In the Home
Scented Leaf Pelargoniums make an excellent indoor house plant all year round and we are aware that many of our Customers do purchase them for this purpose. There are so many differing Scenteds, which come in all shapes, sizes and habits that I thought I’d provide a quick guide of which are the most suitable from our Catalogue for growing in the home. We do receive quite a lot of emails asking this question. Of, course if you do have plenty of space to show off your treasured beauties there is absolutely no reason why you cannot grow the larger specimens.
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Growing Guide
All plants require potting on at some stage in their lives. However, when a plant is contained in a pot the growth becomes much slower and you may be able to keep the plant to a size that suits you. There are a few things that you should do and they are as follows:
- When purchasing Starter sized plants from our Catalogue they will require moving on into larger pots as they grow.
- All Scenteds do need feeding throughout the growing season. Inside, this would continue through the winter months, although I would decrease the amount from October through to about February.
- Growing Medium/Compost does need changing from time to time. As plants grow they take out all of the nutrients and the compost becomes dust like with nothing in it to promote a healthy plant. Never use garden soil.
- Correct watering is essential, preferably from the bottom for roots to take it up. Watering from the top often results in wet top compost but very dry bottom. It’s the roots that water the plant and keep it alive.
- Large Scenteds, such as listed below, may be grown in containers indoors and to a point may be kept to a certain size before becoming totally pot bound. The way to check excessive growth is to thin out the branches and to gently trim back the roots. The plus side is that when you take off excessive branches you have great cutting material.
- Tip: please remember that there are quite a few Scented Geraniums that do mature into very large plants. It is hard to imagine that from a Starter Size that there is some Scenteds that will grow into a plant that will be 3 feet in height by 3 feet in spread. Just in one season!
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Scented Leaf Pelargonium Size Guide for Growing in the Home
NB: I have included some types in 2 columns as an indication that you would be able to restrict growth but they will grow larger if potted into a bigger sized pot or container.
The information below is a Guide only and there will be variations in sizes depending on growing conditions, feeding and watering etc.
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Lower Growing/Semi-Trailing
Beginner - Easy Skill
often dense and compact
will need thinning out
Pot/Container Size: 1 to 3 ltrs
at maturity
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Medium Height & Spread
Uprights/Self-Branching
Easy to Medium Growing Skill
will require thinning out and
trimming back from time to time
Pot/Container Size: 2 to 5 ltrs
at maturity
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The Larger Scenteds
Growing Skill Varies
Spectacular and Showy
most suited for large containers
Pot/Container Size: 5ltrs to very large at maturity
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Ardwick Cinnamon
Aroma
Brilliantine
Charmay Snowflake
Crispum Variegatum
Deerwood Lavender Lad
Deerwood Lavender Lass
Fragrans – all types
Fringed Apple
Fruity
Odoratissmum
BirdBush Bobby
BirdBush Bold & Beautiful
BirdBush Julie Anne
BirdBush Kay Lye
BirdBush Lemonside
BirdBush Miriam
BirdBush Nutty
BirdBush Victoria
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Attar of Roses
Attar of Roses Variegated
Big Apple
Camphor Rose
Charity
Charmay Snowflake
Copthorne
Crispum Variegatum
Crispum Peaches & Cream
Deerwood Lavender Lad
Deerwood Lavender Lass
Dorcus Bingham
Fair Ellen
Fern Mint
Filicifolium
Fragrans – all types
Fringed Apple
Fruity
Gemstone
Grace Thomas
Graveolens
Grey Lady Plymouth
Lady Plymouth
Hanson’s Wild Spice
Lady Scarborough
Lara Ballerina
Lara Nomad
Lemon Fancy
Lilian Pottinger
Mabel Grey
Nervosum
Odoratissmum
Orsett
Poquita
Princeanum
Prince of Orange
Prince of Orange American
Radula
Red Capri
Royal Oak
Scilly Mauve
Secret Love
Sweet Miriam
Tomentosum Chocolate
Tomentosum Peppermint
Torrento
BirdBush Bobby
BirdBush Bold & Beautiful
BirdBush Julie Anne
BirdBush Kay Lye
BirdBush Lemonside
BirdBush Miriam
BirdBush Nutty
BirdBush Victoria
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Attar of Roses
A of R Variegated
Big Apple
Copthorne
Grace Thomas
Graveolens
Grey Lady Plymouth
Lady Plymouth
Hanson’s Wild Spice
Lara Ballerina
Lara Nomad
Lilian Pottinger
Mabel Grey
Nervosum
Odoratissmum
Orsett
Poquita
Princeanum
Prince of Orange
Prince of Orange American
Radula
Red Capri
Royal Oak
Scilly Mauve
Secret Love
Sweet Miriam
Tomentosum Chocolate
Tomentosum Peppermint
Torrento
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