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Attar of Rose Scented Geranium

Attar of Rose Scented Geranium

PELARGONIUM 'Attar of Rose'

Blooms Spring through Fall
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Common Name(s)
Scented Geranium Rose
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
1'–2'
Max Spread
12"-18"
Special Features
Deer resistant
Garden Design Role
Bedding
Bloom Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Annual
Growing Habit
Mounding, Bushy, Compact
Drought Resistance
Moderate drought resistance
Bloom Color
Pink, Purple
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Green, Purple/Black
Themes
Pretty in Pink, Pastel
Genus
Pelargonium
Family
Geraniaceae
Ship Size
4"

Attar of Rose Scented Geranium is a live 4-inch plant grown chiefly for its leaves: soft, deeply cut, and loaded with a clear rose fragrance that lifts the moment you brush past. Soft pink-purple flowers ride above the foliage through the warm months.

Pelargonium 'Attar of Rose' makes a bushy, upright shrub that fills a large container with presence, and that is exactly where it belongs — beside a bench, along a courtyard path, at the corner of a patio where sleeves catch it on the way by. Give it full sun to partial shade, water when the surface dries, and pinch the young shoots in spring to keep it dense. Deer generally walk on past.

Fun fact: Attar means distilled perfume oil, and the name is not a flourish: rose-scented pelargoniums are grown commercially for geranium oil, a staple of the perfume trade.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
  • Water: Keep moist
  • Mature Size: 1'–2' tall × 12"-18" wide
  • Bloom Season: Spring, Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zones 10–11 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Hardiness Zones: 10–11
  • Special: Deer resistant

It leaves the nursery established and is guaranteed to arrive healthy.