Pelargonium or geranium

Pelargonium, or geranium, grows in many people in the pot variant, but the plants of this family are also suitable for open ground. Due to its therapeutic and aesthetic qualities, pelargonium is loved not only by many gardeners, but also by people involved in landscape design.
The word "pelargonium" comes from the Greek "pelargos" - a stork, because the fruits of geranium are similar to the beak of a stork. Geranium was brought to Europe in the XVII century from the Cape colony. At first it was considered an aristocratic plant, it was bred in the greenhouses of rich mansions and, suburban villas ...

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