#scentedleaves

[iplantsman]

Not the neatest flower, but it is very pretty and a rich colour. I bought a straggly plant of Pelargonium ‘Cola Bottles’ last year (you can guess the scent of the foliage). . Dedicated to the divine AMP @myrealgarden in thanks for my pic earlier. . It was outside in a pot all winter, which it survived with aplomb. As it was a messy shape, I have been removing stems back since it came back into leaf and it is improving in shape. . This is the first flower to open. There are many more buds yet to open, so hoping for big things. . #pelargonium #cola #scentedleafpelargonium #scentedleaf #notageranium #gardenproject #gardeningadvice #gardenista #gardeningtips #plants #iplantsman #mygarden #mygardentoday #flowers #pink #scentedleaves #garden #plantingdesign #howtogarden (at Crowborough, East Sussex) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlePvMgP2j/?igshid=1tec8o0gs9l24

[iplantsman]

The prickly beauty of Poncirus trifoliata (Japanese Bitter Orange). An interesting and underrated shrub, but not one to mess with and today’s #oneadayplant . I have found this plant to be completely hardy in the UK and while it definitely gets taller and fruits better when grown in conservatories, it flowers and fruits well enough outdoors in the South of England anyway. . Foliage is ok. Three leaflets per stalk (trifoliate) as the species name suggests. Autumn colour yellow before falling - ok, but unmiraculous. Flower is an attractive star-shaped white with a decent scent. The Golf Ball-sized (perhaps a bit larger in truth) fruit is pretty, ripening from lime-green (no pun) to orange-yellow (also no pun) and is incredibly bitter to eat. A real face puckerer! Most people trying it will only do it once. I understand that you can make marmalade from them, which is good though and that they are used in traditional medicine in Asia as an anti-inflammatory. . Probably the most defining feature of this plant are the abundant, ‘take no prisoners’ thorns, which are strong, inflexible, sharply-pointed and over an inch (2.5cm) long. They hurt. . There seems to be continual debate as to whether it should be considered a true Citrus or not. You may find it as Citrus or Poncirus for sale. . A bit of exotica. A talking point. Call it what you will, I really like it as a sprawling shrub, very slow growing, small tree and I’d like to see more as a wall-shrub fanned over a surface. . #poncirus #poncirustrifoliata #citrus #citrustrifoliata #bitter #orange #japanese #fruit #flower #foliage #deciduous #shrub #smalltree #hardyplants #exotic #iplantsman #asianmedicine #medicinalplant #medicinalhorticulture #gardening #plantingdesign #gardeningadvice #gardeningtips #gardenista #gardeningguru #autumn #marmalade #scentedflowers #scentedleaves (at Crowborough, East Sussex) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGroTXQgVP3/?igshid=ypzjrz4ig955