Indoors
Rose geranium
Pelargonium graveolens
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: full sun
About the plant
The rose geranium comes from South Africa. Its leaves smell of roses when rubbed, which is why it has long been grown for its scent and oil. It does well on a sunny windowsill, and on a balcony in summer.
Rose geranium and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- essential oils: mostly vomiting and diarrhea; larger amounts: unsteadiness, weakness, depression, low temperature (cats most sensitive)
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 5 days in summer (April to September), every 12 in winter. Let the soil dry out to the bottom.
- Light
- full sun
- Air humidity
- low
- Temperature
- 8–28 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 3 weeks
- Repotting
- every 1 years, in spring
- Cuttings in water
- roots usually after about 3 weeks; change the water every 3 days
- Grown
- in a pot, cutting in water
Geranium cuttings rot easily in water: change it every 3 days. If the stem goes soft, root it in moist soil.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.