![]() ![]() This will be followed by shrub cocktail recipe, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The full recipe and step by step instructions on how to make rose geranium and strawberry shrub is posted on Cocktails & Bars. My favourite way of using them is to make a rose geranium and strawberry shrub for cocktails or simply added to soda water for a refreshing non-alcoholic drink. They can be infused into a syrup, turned into a tincture or an aromatic spray to add to cocktails. They can be added in ice cubes to flavour water and soft drinks. They can be used in an herbal tea infusion, either on their own or with other garden herbs and flowers such as lemon balm and chamomile. Rose geranium leaves have a multitude of uses in drinks. Rose Geranium and Strawberry Shrub – Photo © The Gourmantic Garden ![]() The leaves can be picked at any time once the plant has reached a reasonable size, around 25 cm in height. If you’re planting it in a small container, you may need to upgrade to a larger size after one year or at the start of the next growing season. The plant flowers in late spring and summer and if you pinch out the drying flowers, it encourages more buds. Pinch back the tips and it can grow into a bushier and more compact shape. It’s not a heavy feeder so an occasional application of liquid fertiliser in summer is sufficient. Rose Geranium Plant Careīeing a low maintenance plant that is drought-tolerant, all you need to do is to keep it moist but not overly wet while it’s getting established. I have propagated cuttings growing in containers and planted in ground and both are doing equally well. The cuttings consequently grew healthy roots and were ready for transplant. I found the latter to be the quicker method. Root it in water or plant it in soil while keeping it moist to allow the plant to grow roots. Use sharp secateurs to take a stem cutting at an angle about 10cm long. It is very easy to propagate from cuttings which are best taken in spring and early summer. Being a hybrid plant, it is grown by cuttings which can then be planted in a container or in ground. Rose geranium favours a sunny position with well-draining soil though it can handle partial shade. GROW IT How to Grow Rose Geranium from Cuttings In my edible garden, I’m growing it for the purpose of making drinking shrubs and using them in cocktails as you’ll see below. This hardy plant is frost and drought tolerant, and is very easy to propagate from cuttings. The plant grows to a shrub about 1m tall (though I have seen it much taller) and produces small, pink flowers in spring. ![]() Like all scented geraniums, their leaf hairs have tiny glands responsible for the scent and oil it releases when the leaves are crushed. Rose geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) is a perennial evergreen shrub with furry leaves that give off a highly aromatic rose scent. You can find many varieties such as rose, chocolate, lemon and peppermint scented geraniums. ![]() Although they’re called geraniums, they belong to the Pelargonium family and are usually hybrids and not true geraniums. Scented geraniums are perennial and evergreen shrubs grown not only for their flowers but for the various scents their leaves impart when crushed. Rose Geranium – Photo © The Gourmantic GardenĪs seen on Botanical Beverages: My Segment on Gardening Australia Rose Geranium & Scented Geraniums ![]()
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