The night-scented pelargonium species are mostly tuberous rooted and are winter growing/summer dormant as are a number of other pelargonium species on the list. They should therefore, be grown in all but the mildest areas of the U.S. with winter shelter, usually in a conservatory or greenhouse. They generally bloom in February March and April and will then cease active growth. Leaves will turn yellow and water should withheld. You may place the dry plant and pot in a dark, cool, dry place while you enjoy the summer. In September, or before, if the leaves start to appear, water sparingly until the plant commences full growth. Summer growing plants, which are noted in the list, should be allowed to go dormant for three to four months over the winter, and then be watered lightly for the rest of the year. These pelargoniums grow best in large (8-10") pots in a fast-draining but nutritious potting mix with perlite mixed in. Why bother to grow them if they require so much attention? Because the flowers are highly unusual and some are delightfully scented. Many occur in attractive colors including brilliant green, pale yellow combined with dark bluish-maroon, brilliant red, wine red and in several cases a pink and green mix. As night comes on, the night scented group release a heady fragrance of vanilla/cloves/indefinable into the air that lasts until daylight the following morning.

Geraniaceae offers 108 plants in Pelargoniums (Night Scented)
1		P. 'Andre Marcellot' A P. tricolor hybrid; soft grey hairy narrow leaves; flowers with slightly reflexed petals; upper petals light cherry with dark blotches at the base; pale pink lower petals; water very sparingly all year	$10 each Available 2007
2		P. 'Ardens' Hybrid of P. lobatum and P. fulgidum from the 19th century; glowing orange red flowers with dark brown blotches and veins on all petals. Only summer dormant in hot summer areas	$10 each Sold out until fall 2006
3		P. 'Karoo Pride' A hybrid from Ernie de Marie; glowing orange red flowers with brown veins in a umbel like structure; pale green shallowly lobed leaves; summer dormant	$10 each Sold out until fall 2006
4		P. 'Lawrencianum' (c. 1827) A hybrid of P. lobatum x P. fulgidum; woody stem with round soft grey leaves; purple flowers fading to lilac pink at the base, purple veins; summer dormant	$10 each Available 2007
5		P. 'Manco' From J. Kapac; prominent five lobed leaves; white flowers with strong raspberry blotches on all petals; ever-blooming.	$10 each
6		P. 'Memories of Michael' Hybridized by Michael Vassar using the P. lobatum x P. fulgidum cross of P. 'Ardens'and P. 'Laurencianum'. Flowers white with dull raspberry stripes on all petals; summer dormant	$5 each
7		P. 'Pomona' A 2006 Jay Kapac hybrid with large light green shallowly lobed palmate leaves and rounded deep to dusky pink flowers with prominent cherry blotches on the upper petals and veins on the lower petals; water very sparingly in the summer	$10 each
8		P. 'Renate Parsley' Gray green entire leaves with dentate margins; flowers with pale pink lower petals that darken with age; orange red upper petals with black blotches	$15 each Available 2007
9		P. 'Schottii' (syn. P. 'Red Dragon') Gray hairy feathery leaves; rich purple flowers with black blotches on all petals; thought to be an early 19th century hybrid of P. lobatum; water sparingly in the summer	$5 each
10		P. 'Soweto Sunrise' (Ernie de Marie) Probably a P. sericifolium hybrid; tuberous rooted; hairy finely lobed leaves; glowing deep orange flowers with dark brown blotches in umbels	$10 each Available 2007
11		P. 'Tupac' (Jay Kapac) Unusual five lobed leaves with dentate margins; clusters of small white flowers with pale pink blotches; ever-blooming	$10 each
12		P. 'Xochi' A 2006 hybrid introduction from Jay Kapac; large greyish green shallowly five lobed palmate leaves; scarlet flowers with dark blotches on the upper petals; winter growing, spring flowering, water sparingly during the summer	$10 each
13		P. aciculatum MV 7696--98 Platkloof, Piketberg Mts.; hairy finely divided grey leaves; copious light yellow flowers; summer dormant	$10 each
14		P. alternans 2496 MV succulent shrublet; tiny hairy dissected leaves; white flowers; summer dormant	$5 each
15		P. anethifolium Very finely divided leaves; flowers with a light tan background with dull purple brown blotches on all petals; night scented; tuberous rooted; summer dormant	$10 each
16		P. appendiculatum 2163 MV geophytic; greyish-green hairy leaves; flowers cream with pink edges, red blotches on upper petals; summer dormant	$10 each Available 2007
17		P. aridum Small tufted plant; tuberous roots; very finely divided leaves and pale yellow spidery flowers; summer dormant	$5 each
18		P. asarifolium Asarum-like deep green leaves and small deep red flowers; summer dormant	$10 each Available 2007
19		P. auritum Var. auritum geophyte; variable leaves, simple, auriculate or deeply pinnatifid, densely hairy; small flowers that are nearly black with white bases; summer dormant	$10 each
20		P. auritum Var. carneum from Welland Cowley, South Africa; geophyte; lanceolate leaves; white flower with red veins; summer dormant	$10 each
21		P. australe The second form has small dark green slightly shiny leaves and small umbel like clusters of mid pink flowers with purple blotches and veins. From seed collected at Mt. Gibralter, Mittagong, NSW, Australia	$5 each
22		P. australe This form has large, soft hairy light green leaves and an umbel like cluster of white flowers with prominent pink blotches and veins From seed collected by Jean Llewellyn, New South Wales, Australia	$5 each
23		P. barklyi Beautiful light green leaves with a dark zone around the edge and a red reverse, large creamy white flowers; tuberous, summer dormant	$10 each
24		P. bowkeri Tuberous rooted, night-scented; finely dissected leaves; fimbriated flowers colored taupe with a yellow green base; purple veins on lower petals; winter dormant	$10 each
25	p._caffrum.3.jpg	P. caffrum Tuberous rooted, night-scented; leaves with very divided lobes; flowers of wine-red with fimbriated petals; tuberous rooted, night scented; winter dormant	$10 each
26		P. carnosum 2116 John Lavranos through Abbey Gardens; succulent branched shrub; white flowers; summer dormant	$5 each
27		P. carnosum 6822 MV from 12 km west of Platbakkies; a third form with a short fat trunk with tiny flowers of light yellow with purple stamens and orange anthers; summer dormant	$10 each
28		P. carnosum Succulent branched shrub; light pink flowers; summer dormant	$5 each
29		P. caroli-henrici Geophyte with a turnip shaped root and pinnatilobed to bipinnatisect densely pilose leaves and wine red peduncles, flowers are cream colored with dark red blotches; summer dormant; flowers after the leaves have died	$15 each
30		P. ceratophyllum MV5426 swollen tuberous roots; very succulent leaves; white star like flowers; water very sparingly all year	$5 each
31		P. cortusifolium x P. echinatum 2447 (Ernie de Marie) mid lilac pink flowers with darker pink lower petals; water very sparingly in the summer; may go dormant	$10 each
32		P. cortusifolium Succulent stems; cordate leaves with silky hairs; flowers with white upper petals and pink lower petals; day fragrant; summer dormant	$10 each
33		P. cotyledonis Unusual squat tree like plant with a thick trunk and succulent branches shaped like sausages; dark green cordate leaves with conspicuous veins; plants are dormant for part of the year. Flowers are white and regular on a branched inflorescence. The only pelargonium flowers with no veins.	$10 each
34		P. crithmifolium Succulent and branched shrublet; white flowers with dark purple veins at the base of the petals; succulent stems, succulent leaves; inflorescences become hardened and woody with age; summer dormant	$10 each
35		P. desertorum 2128 BRI 23215 from the Richtersveldt; a small branching shrublet with small round aromatic leaves and white flowers; plants are dormant in the summer	$5
36		P. dichondrifolium A rounded plant with short woody stems; leaves round and dark green and pungent, flowers are white with red feathering; a handsome pot plant	$5 each
37		P. divaricatum Thickened roots; small gray green feathery dissected leaves; small mid pink flowers with faint cherry blotches on the upper petals	$5 each
38		P. dolomiticum Bipinnate gray leaves; four petalled flowers - the upper two long like hares' ears and pink with cherry veins, the lower two small and rounded with cherry veins; winter dormant	$5 each
39		P. echinatum 'Julie Scheller' White flowers with raspberry stripes on all petals; summer dormant	$10 each (name misspelled in previous catalogs)
40		P. echinatum 4994; from the Karoo Botanic Garden; tuberous roots; cordate gray green leaves; thickened stems with spiny remains of leaf petioles; magenta flowers with blotches on upper petals; summer dormant	$10 each
41		P. echinatum 4995 Van Jaarsveld 8632 From Eselfontein. tuberous roots; large clear light purple flowers; summer dormant	$5 each
42		P. echinatum 5477 MV pink flowers becoming darker with age; blotches and stripes on all petals; summer dormant	$5 each
43		P. echinatum White flowers with raspberry heart-shaped blotches on upper petals; summer dormant	$5 each
44		P. elongatum Clumping plant with rounded midgreen leaves with a dark horseshoe zone; flowers are cream colored and profuse. Sets huge amounts of seed. Short lived but easily grown from seed.	$5 each
45		P. englerianum Stiff crinkled small pungent dark green leaves; small pinkish purple flowers with dark purple blotches and veins on the upper petals.	$4.50 each (see Scented Leaf Section)
46		P. exhibens Thickened semisucculent leaves; stems covered with semipersistant petioles; greeny cream flowers with red veins	$10 Available 2007
47		P. exstipulatum 4315 MV a branching woody shrub; swollen roots; leaves sticky small gray and aromatic; mid pink flowers; water sparingly	$5 each
48		P. ferulaceum Succulent; much divided succulent leaves; vestigial pink flowers with long pink stamens and orange anthers; summer dormant	$5 each
49		P. fulgidum Green hairy and deeply lobed leaves; glowing orange flowers; South Western Coast of South Africa, rocky exposed site; summer dormant	$5 each
50		P. fulgidum Seed from Gary Scheidt glowing orange flowers with a white throat; summer dormant	$5 each
51		P. fumariifolium Night-scented flowers, greenish yellow with a maroon stripe, low growing, fleshy dissected leaves; summer dormant	$5 each
52		P. gibbosum West Coast of South Africa, sandy, rocky site, long stems with swollen nodes, glaucous half succulent leaves; flowers greenish yellow, night scented; summer dormant.	$5 each
53		P. grandicalcaratum From John Manning, South Africa; small deciduous shrub with fleshy, obovate leaves; tuberous roots on mature plants; pungent scent; flowers are white and appear closed as the upper petals bend back and the lower three form a tube like structure; summer dormant; very uncommon in cultivation	$10 each
54		P. hirtum Thin succulent stems to 5 inches tall; feather-like finely divided leaves; small lavender-pink flowers.	$5 each
55		P. incrassatum Large underground tubers; leaves ovate with soft silver hairs; flowers magenta in clusters; summer dormant	$10 each Sold out until fall 2006
56		P. iocastum Clumping plant with small entire dark green leaves; small lavender flowers; widely separated lower petals - upper petals frequently fused with two purple blotches and purple veins	$5 each
57		P. laevigatum Shrubby; trifoliate leaves with green leaflets; pale pink flowers.	$5 each
58		P. laxum Fleshy succulent stem and succulent pinnatifid leaves; flowers small white with long white to pink stamens and orange anthers; summer dormant	$5 each
59		P. lobatum 4085 MV from habitat collected seeds, the Richtersveldt; tuberous rooted; night scented; mid green leaves with shallow broad lobes and prominent veins; pale yellow green flowers with dull purple blotches and veins on all petals; winter dormant	$5 each
60		P. lobatum Tuberous-rooted, night scented; very large hairy broadly lobed leaves; flowers light yellow with dull purple veins on all petals and yellow anthers; winter dormant	$5 each
61		P. longifolium 7450 MV; sandy foothills of Matsikannaberg near Van Rhynsdorp; long lanceolate mid green leaves; large yellow flowers with spidery narrow petals; purple veins on upper petals; summer dormant; flowers after leaves die	$10 each
62		P. luridum WC Eastern Cape tuberous rooted; gray green finely divided leaves, mid pink flowers; winter dormant	$10 each
63		P. luteolum 4339 MV small numerous tubers; finely divided gray leaves; pale yellow flowers; summer dormant	$5 each
64		P. magenteum 4317 seed from Stellenbosch; shrubby plant with woody branches; rounded grey green leaves; brilliant pink flowers with dark blotches on all petals; summer dormant	$10 each
65		P. mirabile 4091 MV soft gray green leaves with a cuneate leaf base (to distinguish it from P. crassicaule); lobed and ruffled white flowers with cherry blotches on all petals and dotted veins on upper petals; summer dormant	$10 each Available 2007
66		P. moniliforme Geophyte with entire to tripartite prostrate leaves. Scape is wine red with a pseudo umbel of 12-40 flowers of creamy yellow with dark red blotches; summer dormant	$15 each
67		P. multiradiatum 3191 Stel. tuberous roots; very large finely dissected leaves; greenish yellow night scented flowers with a maroon stripe in the petals; summer dormant	$10 each
68		P. oblongatum Leaves ovate and toothed; many large pale yellow flowers on branching scapes; upper petals with maroon branching veins. Old plants in flower are spectacular; may flower after the leaves die; summer dormant	$10 each
69		P. paniculatum Somewhat similar to P. crithmifolium but without the persistant dried inflorescence. Large succulent stems, rarely branched, covered with old leaf bases; leaves semisucculent and much divided; large panicle of white flowers with rose veins on upper petals; summer dormant	$10 each
70		P. petroselinifolium Turnip shaped tuber; leaves green and pinnately compound; flowers small and pink; upper petals have wine red feathery markings; flowering after the leaves have died; summer dormant	$15 each Available 2007
71		P. pilosellifolium Turnip shaped tuber; leaves lanceolate and glaucous; small wine red flowers edged in white; flowering after the leaves have died; summer dormant	$20 each Available 2007
72		P. praemorsum Ssp. speciosum woody shrub with thin brown branches, rounded leaves; large white flowers with prominent and numerous purple veins; water very sparingly in the summer	$10 each Available 2007
73		P. pulchellum 6315 MV; 479 Stel. a rosette plant with short semi succulent stems covered with papery brown stipules; leaves light green and pinnately lobed; white flowers with raspberry stripes on the three lower petals; flowers early spring with long summer dormancy	$5 each
74		P. pulverulentum 'Oribi Flats' #3 a form with succulent grey green leaves and long soft hairs on leaf margins; flowers yellow green with prominent dull purple blotches on lower petals; tuberous rooted; winter dormant	$5 each
75		P. pulverulentum #1 from the late Frank Horwood; a form with scalloped, slightly succulent leaves; low growing; flowers with a yellow green base with dull purple blotches prominent on lower petals; tuberous rooted and night scented; winter dormant	$5 each
76		P. pulverulentum #2 Eastern Cape of South Africa; tuberous rooted, night-scented; large hairy grey green leaves; flowers with brownish blotches on all five petals; winter dormant	$5 each
77		P. punctatum 6376 MV tuberous rooted; rounded fleshy leaves, flowers are pale yellow with very narrow petals and red spots on the upper petals; flowering after the leaves have died; summer dormant	$10 each
78		P. radiatum Geophyte with simple or trifoliate prostrate leaves; large bell shaped flowers of creamy yellow or pink; summer dormant; flowers after leaves die	$15 each
79		P. radicatum Tuberous roots; simple lanceolate hairy leaves; pale yellow flowers; summer dormant	$15 each
80		P. radulifoliium Tuberous rooted, night-scented; dull yellow flowers with maroon stripes; summer dormant	$5 each
81		P. rapaceum 6776MV, 5778MV; 5713MV; FKH12181 tuberous rooted; we have a number of forms with slightly different leaves. The flowers are white, light yellow and mid yellow and there is one with mid yellow flowers with a salmon colored overlay; one selection has flowers that face upwards; all plants flower after the leaves have died; summer dormant	$10 each
82		P. reniforme Eastern Cape of South Africa; small gray green entire leaves; deep pink spidery flowers; tuberous roots.	$5 each
83		P. reniforme Rhoda McMaster large gray-green entire leaves; pink flowers; flowering stems dusky pink.	$10 each
84		P. rutaceum Upright succulent stems; tuberous roots; night-scented flowers, yellow-green with a maroon stripe.	$5 each
85		P. schizopetalum Eastern Cape of South Africa; tuberous rooted; leaves large and softly lobed; flowers with fimbriate petals, upper petals pale yellow to green; lower petals dark browny-pink.	$10 each
86		P. sericifolium A low branching shrub; silvery hairy leaves; flowers brilliant purplish pink with dark blotches on all petals; water extremely sparingly; summer dormant	$15 each Available 2007
87		P. sidoides From Fischer Nurseries, Germany green rounded leaves; flowers nearly black and very small; flowers day fragrant	$5 each
88		P. sidoides Thickened roots; rosettes of small rounded gray green leaves; long arching flowering stems with narrow petalled burgundy colored flowers	$5 each
89		P. sp. MV Pale yellow flowers, tiny blotches and veins on upper petals, maroon blotches on lower petals; summer dormant	$10 each
90		P. sp. Platkloof A small woody shrublet; small green dissected leaves; white flowers; summer dormant	$5 each
91		P. sp. S1373 From Stellenbosch, South Africa tuberous rooted; night scented; hairy deeply and narrowly lobed leaves; pale yellow flowers with prominent maroon blotches on the three lower petals; summer dormant	$5 each
92		P. sp. S2555 From Stellenbosch, South Africa tuberous rooted; night scented; leaves with large five lobed segments; pale cream flowers with dull purple veins on all petals; summer dormant	$5 each
93		P. sp. S3239 From Stellenbosch, South Africa tuberous rooted; night scented; leaves with large separated lobes; pale yellow flowers with a pink caste and pale maroon streaks; summer dormant	$5 each Sold out until fall 2006
94		P. spinosum A spiny, deciduous sub-shrub; the leaf petioles harden and become spiny; flowers are white with purple markings; water extremely sparingly; summer dormant	$15.00 each Available 2007
95		P. tetragonum Xerophytic bush; thin brittle stems; small succulent leaves; very large pale pink flowers with 4 petals; water very sparingly in the summer	$5 each
96		P. tongaense Bushy plant with triangular lobed fleshy leaves; flowers orange red; flowers profusely and over a long period	$5 each
97		P. transvaalense Short fat stems; leaves hairy with five triangular shaped lobes; flowers dark pink, upper petals veined dark red; grows well in shade; dormant in the winter	$5 each
98		P. tricolor Small woody plant with narrow elliptical grey green leaves with toothed margins; flowers tricolored, upper petals red with a black spot at the base and lower petals white. Difficult to propagate	$15 each Available 2007
99		P. trifoliolatum Turnip shaped roots; pinnate leaves; branching scape, clusters of flowers yellow or pink with wine red blotches on upper petals summer dormant	$15 each Sold out until fall 2006
100		P. triste Ham Tyler tuberous rooted; night-scented; very finely divided gray-green leaves; flowers pale yellow with faintest maroon blotches; summer dormant	$5 each
101		P. triste Southwestern Cape We have a number of different leaf forms of P. triste; all have tuberous roots; are night-scented; have finely divided leaves; pale yellow-green flowers with larger or smaller brownish blotches; summer dormant	$5 each
102		P. vinaceum Geophyte with entire to trifoliate prostrate leaves; flowering scape wine red with 10-27 cream flowers with wine red blotches on the upper petals; summer dormant	$15 each
103		P. violiflorum MV tuberous roots; leaves from entire to deeply dissected; flowers small white with reflexed petals in clusters; flowers as the leaves die; water sparingly; summer dormant	$7 each
104		P. woodii Tuberous rooted; probably a form of P. schizopetalum; fimbriated flowers of yellow-green and pink; fragrant leaves; winter dormant	$10 each
105		P. x Caffrum 'Diana' From Fibrex Nurseries, U.K. mid pink flowers with shallowly fringed petals, darker pink blotches and small purple veins on upper petals; water very sparingly in the winter	$5 each
106		P. x Glaucifolium 19th century hybrid of P. lobatum; leaves large and divided into 5 prominent lobes; flowers dark maroon-black with a pale greenish-yellow edge; night-scented; summer dormant	$10 each Sold out until fall 2006
107		P. xerophyton 4551 MV Pofadder, south of Richtersveldt; a very compact form of P. xerophyton with very small fleshy leaves and pink flowers; summer dormant; water very sparingly	$5 each
108		P. xerophyton A well-branched shrublet with succulent branches; flowers white with pale lavender blotches on all five petals and purple veins in upper petals; summer dormant; water very sparingly	$5 each