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Common Name: GERANIUM - LEMON SCENTED
Scientific Name: Pelargonium crispum

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Pelargonium crispum

Description

  • Perennial
  • Indigenous to South Africa.
  • Hardy upright, bushy evergreen shrub.
  • Deeply-cut leaves with a lemon scent.
  • Well-drained neutral to alkaline soil.
  • May be cut back in early spring.
  • Full sun.
  • Drought tolerant.
  • Grows well in a pot.

Culinary Uses

  • The fresh leaves may be infused to make tea.
  • Use fresh leaves to give a lemon flavour to fish, poultry, soups, sorbets, ice cream, fruit punch and vinegar.
  • Place the leaves at the bottom of cake tins to infuse batter with a lemon flavour.

Parts Used

  • Leaves

Other Uses

  • Leaves are dried for pot-pourri, herb pillows and bath bags
  • Insect repellent:
  • Crushed leaves will act as an insect repellent. Mulch around other plants to control insect population.
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