Pelargonium

Like all florists, he had a predilection for one particular plant; the pelargonium was his especial favorite. ❋ Honor�� De Balzac (1824)

Hytra Grouper on a bed of salicornia and spinach accompanied with a crayfish sauce scented with pelargonium at Hytra It's daybreak at Athens' Agora, or central market, and the air is buzzing with the cries of fish mongers hawking the day's catch. ❋ Christine Pirovolakis (2011)

Next come the herbaceous notes, and there are plenty: rosemary, helicrysum, lavender, sage, clary sage, Roman chamomile, etc. and many types of pelargonium, including this strange looking one, Eucaliptus scented pelargonium and one that didn't have a sign and smelled intensely of animalic musk. ❋ Ayala Sender (2009)

Joshua David has described the atmosphere he and his co-founder envisioned as "less like a park and more like a scruffy wilderness," but the results will appear unruly only to those who still think of public gardens as requiring Victorian carpet bedding — yellow begonias and red pelargonium geometrically composed and obsessively mulched. ❋ Filler, Martin (2009)

We also drove to a garden centre and got some more plants - I got some Violets, Marguerites and a pelargonium for the veranda pots, and Anders planted a Clematis below the veranda. ❋ Magnio (2008)

The use of pesticide-free leaves is imperative and there are many nurseries that utilize organic methods for cultivating pelargonium that will ship the plants anywhere in the U.S., in appropriate weather. ❋ Michelle Krell Kydd (2007)

There are over 250 varieties of pelargonium, each with its own scent profile. ❋ Michelle Krell Kydd (2007)

Another way to enjoy the flavor and fragrance of pelargonium leaves is to freeze them in an ice cube tray or use them neat, as a garnish in cool drinks. ❋ Michelle Krell Kydd (2007)

The easiest way to capture the flavor of pelargonium is by creating a scented sugar, similar to the way one would use a vanilla bean to perfume granulated sugar. ❋ Michelle Krell Kydd (2007)

‘Nutmeg’, ‘Attar of Roses’, ‘Strawberry’, ‘Lemon Meringue’, ‘Apple Mint’, and ‘Ginger’ cultivars all smell like their descriptors and just scratch the surface when it comes to the world of flavor possibilities in the pelargonium world. ❋ Michelle Krell Kydd (2007)

Derived from the leaves of pelargonium graveolens, the essential oil has a soft rose-like scent with an inkling of citrus. ❋ Michelle Krell Kydd (2007)

There are no easy answers to this question, though speculation leads to the assumption that pelargonium graveolens is more highly cultivated and thus less expensive to harvest. ❋ Michelle Krell Kydd (2007)