A few days ago I was at Patricia’s house. While we had a very good conversation, I noticed this very beautiful big and healthy Sweet Scented Geranium again standing in her living room. A strong and full grown plant, a pleasure to look at.
The Sweet Scent Geranium is also known as the Rose Geranium. In Dutch the plant is called “Citroenplant” or “Citroengeranium”. The offical Latin name is “Pelargonium graveolens”.
Most people will know this plant because of the very nice lemon scent the plant spreads when you touches it leaves. And it is very well known that this lemon scent is very effective against all kinds of insects. This made the plant very popular.
And yet, for some unknown reason to me that popularity faded away.
Already for some time I have been looking to find a place where I could buy this plant, but without any luck.
So when talking with Patricia, I asked her if she could remember where she bought this Sweet Scented Geranium. Maybe they would still sell them and I could get one. But sadly, she told me that the plant was a gift from someone and that she had no idea where the plant was bought.
We changed the subject and continued our very nice talk. Patricia is a good person to talk with. Intelligent, sharp and fast conclusions, never hateful and a good sense of humour.
Just before I wanted to leave for my home, she walked up her kitchen to get a scissor. She looked at the Sweet Scent Geranium and very determined she did cut one branch from the plant.
She turned to me and told me to put the branch in a glass of water, put the glass on a light spot and made sure the water stays clean. After some times the branch would start to grow roots…. And I would have my Sweet Scent Geranium.
So simple! I have done this many times before… But so many thanks to Patricia for giving the branch to me!
Hope that it will grow into a strong and healthy plant 🙂
I just looked, the first roots are developing :-).
This plants works against insects as mosquitoes? Then I have to look if I can get some of these plants here as well.
Not that there in many insects in my house, but during the summer a mosquito in your bedroom can be very annoying.
I used to have one as well. But well, I don’t have really “green fingers” and these plants do need some attention.
Ermmm, I am also interested in a “stekje” :-). But I will have a chat with Patricia, so your young plant will not be robbed of its new branches 🙂
Patricia already told me that she will sure that you will get a “stekje” 🙂