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4-H Horticulture Judging Contest

Beth Hinshaw
Extension Speclaist, SE
4-H Youth Development
K-State Research & Extension

620-496-8206

bhinshaw@ksu.edu

Geranium

Scientific Name: Pelargonium sp.

Category: Flowers and Foliages

Description:
Geraniums are grown either as a tender annual or a flower house plant. The foliage has a spicy aroma. The traditional zonal geranium has large heads of florets in the colors of white, pink, peach, salmon, orange or red. Ivy-leafed geraniums have a trailing growth habit and may be used for hanging baskets. Scented geraniums have much smaller, insignificant flowers, but feature leaves that have different fragrances lemon, peppermint or rose. Crane bill geraniums are a hardy type of geranium that grows as a perennial.

Geranium flower buds

Geranium flower buds

 Variegated geranium

Variegated geranium

Zonal geranium foliage

Zonal geranium foliage

 Zonal geranium flowers and foliage

Zonal geranium flowers and foliage

Scented geranium leaf

Scented geranium leaf

Pink zonal geranium flower

Pink zonal geranium flower