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Pelargonium 'Chocolate Mint'

Botanical name: Pelargonium
Common name: Scented Geranium
Plant family: Geraniaceae
Type of plant: Shrubby Perennial
Height: About 2 feet
Width: Trails several feet, even in a container.
Bloom color: Mauve
Bloom time: Spring until ?
Scent: Leaf scent resembles mint, but not chocolate.
Sun/shade: Some morning sun, then dappled shade; they should be protected from all-day hot sun.
Moisture: Regular water but tolerates drought.
Problems:
Purchased: Spring 2002 at the Geranium show and sale at Descanso Gardens in La Canada, CA.
Planted: Spring, 2002
Conditions: Planted in a large wooden half-barrel with Pelargonium 'Fair Ellen' and Pelargonium x domesticum 'Estella by Starlight'.
Other comments: The 'chocolate' in the name comes from the chocolate-brown blotch in the center of the large, felty leaves. The plant tends to sprawl and looks good in a container with other Pelargoniums.

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