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Originally Posted by John McGaw
mbelcher68 wrote:
I have a house plant which my mum gave me a cutting of a few years ago,
she has had it in the family for years and we none of us remember where
it came from originally or what its rela name is.
It is very dark green, grows very fast, does not flower, it has leaves
that are quite broad but fan out at the ends, they feel quite furry
when you touch them and more importantly when you rub them between your
fingers they smell quite strongly of lemon/ citrus scent.
My Mum always calls it a lemon plant, but I believe this is wrong as it
is not a relative of the lemon or indeed it does not grow lemons. I have
done some research on the internet and just cannot identify it.
Can anyone help?
Martin.
Does the leaf picture toward the bottom of this page seem similar? There
are many lemon-scented plants but Pelargonium (commonly called scented
geranium) is the first one that came to mind from your description.
http://www.mountainvalleygrowers.com/pelargoniums.htm
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John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
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Thanks for your help John, I checked out the web link and I have succesfully recognised my plant as a scented geranium citrosa!
Just one further question if I may - the bio for this plant indicates that it flowers, but my plant has never ever flowered?
Thanks,
Martin.
Andover, Hampshire, UK.