What do lemon, mint chocolate, apple, and coconut have in common? They're all fragrances that naturally appear in scented geraniums, plants with aromatic oils in the base of their leaves. Scented ...

A pot of Old Fashioned Rose scented geranium grew on the windowsill of every college dorm room that Patrick McDuffee occupied in his years studying biology at James Madison University in Virginia. It ...

Some varieties smell like roses, pine, chocolate, apples, or strawberries!

Everyone loves surprises -- at least the good kind. The kitchen garden is full of surprises, and scented geraniums offer the gardener and the cook a bounty of fragrant and delicious ideas. History: ...

Rain has finally come to Lubbock, temperatures have abated somewhat and we can get back into the garden. Joining us in the garden will be those annoying mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are a prolific pest with ...

Jabs about his masculinity sting Ed Adam far less than bug bites. So he will continue to rub scented geranium leaves on his arms and back while working outdoors, despite ribbing from his employees at ...

To use Mary Poppins’ term, scented geraniums are “practically prfect” plants that, with little care, can add delightful fragrances and more to the garden. Scented geraniums are really not geraniums at ...

When I ask a newcomer to gardening to smell the leaves of a scented geranium, they often respond “Oh no, I think geraniums absolutely stink!” Once a person smells the leaves, however, they usually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Geraniums have long been a stalwart of the British garden - DEB PERRY There are many reasons why geraniums have long been a ...

Heirloom Pelargoniums, some with hundreds of years of horticultural history, are among 2,000 kinds of plants in an herb collection in rural New Jersey. Louise Hyde, co-founder in 1969 of Well-Sweep ...