Lemon verbena is a perennial herb with slender, light green leaves and small white flowers. It can grow to waist height in open ground and is often planted in containers - which helps to check its growth. It is an attractive plant and it looks good combined with a range of other herbs and food plants. The foliage is most lush in the warm summer months when its sweet lemony flavour and fragrance are at their strongest.  It is used to make a delicious and refreshing herbal tea and the leaves are also tied into bundles and thrown into a hot bath for a relaxing soak.
 
Lemon verbena is used to add lemony bite to chicken and fish dishes and can be chopped fresh into melted butter as a tangy compliment to asparagus. When cooked, its sweet lemony fragrance intensifies and become more lemony.
 
Appearance
Height: 100cm Spread: 60cm
Growth Rate: Fast
Time to Maturity: 8 Months
Habit: Bushy
 
Flower 
Size: Tiny
Colour: White
Shape:  Clusters
 
Blooming Time: 
Summer/Autumn
 
Foliage 
Size: Medium
Colour: Green
*Deciduous
 
Growing Conditions
Position: Full sun. semi-shade.
Soil: Prefers fairly free-draining soil rich in organic matter.
Care: Trim back in early spring to get shape and height you are after.
 
Uses & Characteristics:
*Cooking
*Containers
*Herb
*Pots
*Drought Tolerant
*Rock Garden
*Cottage Garden