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Perennial geraniums thrive in most soil conditions and are an easy-to-grow, low-maintenance plant that produces pretty flowers in the spring and summer.
The specific epithet hortorum is a genitive plural form of the Latin "hortus" ("garden") and therefore corresponds to "horticultural".The name was created by the American botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey who in 1914, writes "The large number of forms of the common geranium, derives from the variation and probably the crossing of P. zonale and P. inquinans (and possibly others) during more than a ...
A houseplant, sometimes known as a pot plant, potted plant, or an indoor plant, is an ornamental plant that is grown indoors. [1] As such, they are found in places like residences and offices, mainly for decorative purposes. Common houseplants are usually tropical or semi-tropical, and are often epiphytes, succulents or cacti. [2]
Pelargonium (/ ˌ p ɛ l ɑːr ˈ ɡ oʊ n i. ə m /) [5] is a genus of flowering plants that includes about 280 species of perennials, succulents, and shrubs, [4] commonly called geraniums, pelargoniums, or storksbills. Geranium is also the botanical name and common name of a separate genus of related plants, also known as cranesbills.
For the most part, no, said Kacie Athey, a specialty crops entomologist with the University of Illinois Extension. "Most plants in anyone's yard are probably not in danger from periodical cicadas ...
The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
The City of Naperville Animal Control says there are 39 different species of snakes that live in Illinois, four of which are venomous. Luckily, the garter snakes invading Naperville are a ...
Pelargonium graveolens is an erect, aromatic, multi-branched subshrub, that grows up to 1.5 m and has a spread of 1 m.The leaves are deeply incised, velvety and soft to the touch (due to glandular hairs).