How to Propagate Scented Geraniums

Overview

Scented geraniums are a favorite for their fragrant foliage. The flowers are small and delicate, but not showy. Popular varieties have rose, apple, peppermint, lemon or nutmeg-scented leaves. Geraniums grow indoors, and outside in sunny locations. They are easy to propagate from cuttings.

Step 1

Fill small, clean pots with vermiculite or a packaged rooting medium and water.

Step 2

Take 4-to-6 inch long cuttings from a healthy scented geranium plant. Cut the end right below a leaf node.

Step 3

Remove the lower leaves from each cutting. leaving at least 2 inches to insert in the container.

Step 4

Place the cuttings, one to a container, in the planting medium so that the leaf nodes are submerged. Water the cuttings thoroughly.

Step 5

Place the containers in a light, warm spot away from direct sun and keep them moist while the cuttings root (four to six weeks).

Step 6

Move the containers to a full-sun location when the roots start to grow. Water the seedlings when dry.

Step 7

Move the new plants to larger containers, or plant them in the ground when new growth starts to appear.