IRIDESCENT… GERANIUM
IRIDESCENT… GERANIUM
More from our garden.
The Cranesbill is really the TRUE Geranium, what we too often call Geranium is the Pelargonium, with flower heads and not hardy like these here.
The name "cranesbill" derives from the appearance of the seed-heads, which have the same shape as the bill of a crane.
Also known as Hardy Geranium, Rozanne Cranesbill, Blood Red Cranesbill
Large blue blooms with darker veining are held in clusters above the foliage, giving the plant in bloom an airy appearance.
It has a thick rhizome(A horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Also called rootstock).
The stems are prostrate to ascending, well developed, very branched and hairy as are the buds.
.An enormous variety, often very fragrant leaves, gives you a clue that it is a medicinal plant.
Geranium plants could hold the key to a new generation of HIV treatments, research suggests.
Extracts of the geranium plant Pelargonium sidoides inactivate HIV-1 and prevent the virus invading human cells.
Have a super day and thanx, M, (*_*)
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
IRIDESCENT… GERANIUM
IRIDESCENT… GERANIUM
More from our garden.
The Cranesbill is really the TRUE Geranium, what we too often call Geranium is the Pelargonium, with flower heads and not hardy like these here.
The name "cranesbill" derives from the appearance of the seed-heads, which have the same shape as the bill of a crane.
Also known as Hardy Geranium, Rozanne Cranesbill, Blood Red Cranesbill
Large blue blooms with darker veining are held in clusters above the foliage, giving the plant in bloom an airy appearance.
It has a thick rhizome(A horizontal, usually underground stem that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Also called rootstock).
The stems are prostrate to ascending, well developed, very branched and hairy as are the buds.
.An enormous variety, often very fragrant leaves, gives you a clue that it is a medicinal plant.
Geranium plants could hold the key to a new generation of HIV treatments, research suggests.
Extracts of the geranium plant Pelargonium sidoides inactivate HIV-1 and prevent the virus invading human cells.
Have a super day and thanx, M, (*_*)
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN (BY LAW!!!) TO USE ANY OF MY image or TEXT on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved