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A tall shrub which bears beautiful pastel pink flowers & darker purple markings on the upper petals in clusters of about 1-8 flowers. The leaves are balsam-scented, palmately 3-lobed and triangular. P. glutinosum is an upright branching slightly woody shrub which grows to about 100 cm/39 in in height and prefers slightly moist soil conditions. It is native to the moist or mountainous areas of the Eastern & Western Cape and is ideal for large pots & containers, herb/fragrant gardens and gardens with water features. The botanical name “glutinosum” originates from the Latin word gluten meaning glue referring to the sticky leaves of this plant.
Pelargonium glutinosum
Balsam scented pelargonium
each packet contains 5 seeds
Pelargonium glutinosum is a tall upright branching slightly woody shrub that grows to about 100 cm (39 inches) in height, the dark green sticky palmately lobed triangular leaves have a sweet balsam scent and pastel pink flowers with darker markings on the upper petals, each flowering stalk contains 1-8 flowers.
This plant is native to the Western Cape in various habitats and there are three different forms of P. glutinosum, it grows near moving water in moist conditions and on mountainsides with Summer & Winter rainfalland heavy rain in some areas.
