Geranium Seeds (Tuberous Evergreen Perennial)

• Family: Geranium (Geraniaceae)
• Hardiness Zones: Hardy in zones 9 to 12; grown as a garden annual or potted and brought indoors in colder zones
• Native to: Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
• Characteristics:
  • Tuberous evergreen perennial
  • Freely flowering; blooms range from white to cream with red venation
  • Grows to a height of 10 inches
  • Soft, fuzzy, rounded leaves, yellowish-green with a central chocolate-colored splotch
  • Emits a sweet pineapple scent when caressed or broken
• Traditional Use (TAM):
  • Tea made from fresh or dried leaves
  • Leaves rubbed on dry or cracked skin to aid healing
• Growing Instructions:
  • Sow seeds: In spring, or indoors any time
  • Use fast-draining potting soil in a deep flat for sowing
  • Seeds have a corkscrew aril; orient seeds point down and cover with 1/8 inch of sand or grit
  • Keep soil warm, evenly moist, and in the light for germination (germination occurs within 3 weeks)
  • Seedlings will push up through the sand, and the third leaf will have the characteristic scalloped margin of the genus
  • Pot up seedlings to successively larger pots using fast-draining mix
  • Keep plants warm, in light, and water only when they begin to droop
  • Grows quickly and blooms; suitable for pot culture on windowsills, summer patios, or frost-free rock gardens
  • Space plants 1 foot apart if transplanting outdoors
• Quantity: 5 seeds