PlantFiles: Lemon Verbena, Verveine Odorante
Aloysia triphylla

I have had a lemon verbena plant in my garden for three years now. It has overwintered fine. I usually put a leaf mulch over it for the winter. It dies back to the ground every winter but has always come back. I live in USDA Zone 5b.

I overwintered this plant indoors and only have a north facing window... I just took cuttings now for outside in a few weeks... the leaves dropped off by thanksgiving and I lightly watered once a week... the plant before taking the cuttings was about 6 inches long... looks nice and healthy

I bought Lemon Verbena as tube stock and planted in a pot where it seem to do nothing. I decided to put it in the ground and when I took it out of the pot, it was a mass of roots!! I put it in the ground in spring and by early summer it shot up about 4' by about 2' wide!! Flowered all summer and loved being dead-headed. We had a very hot, dry summer and it didn't even blink! The leaves make a great hot or iced tea. Worth growing.

This is by far my favorite plant. I purchased a young plant at a local native gardening center (Houston, Texas) last summer. The plant has grown well in a container, though it lost most of its leaves last winter. I have it on my patio, where it receives filtered sun from mid-morning to mid-afternoon, and is otherwise shaded. It leafed out well last spring and throughout the summer, until now. To my dismay, the plant seems to have gone into shock! I suspect I went a little too heavy on plant food during a recent watering. The leaves have yellowed, wilted, and are falling away. Does anyone have advice about how to save my plant? I'm trusting that it will survive the damage I've caused.

Here in Portland, OR, my lemon verbena is flourishing. In only a few short months, it has about doubled in size, tolerating clay soil and a few short periods of drought. Small sprigs of white flowers showed up in July.The flowers have a subtle, sweet fragrance and the leaves pack a lemony punch. It can get a little leggy, so I prune it often and enjoy it as part of an herbal infusion (just search the web for a plethora of lemon verbena tea recipes). Lemon verbena is a great alternative to lemon balm, which can be invasive, and I think the flavor is much cleaner.

Giselle, I have only one lemon verbena and it flowers and keeps coming back year after year. It gets about 6 feet tall, and is loaded with blooms June through September. It is very aromatic. I haven't used it to cook with, but it does wonderfully in cut flower arrangments and will release its wonderful lemony smell throughout the room.

this plant thrives on neglect! I grew it in a large pot, recieved sun in mornings and late afternoon. shade at midday to around 2. (north side of house) watered it frequently, it seemed to require more water that most of my herbs. wonderful smell! and it won the champion perennial herb at the Illinois state fair!!!!!!!!

One of my favourite herbs with a wonderfull lemon scent..very yummy in dishes..it releases its flavour very well in milk. You can make a very yummy ice-cream with it. I grow it in full ground and it stays there, although sheltered by a huge rosemary bush, during wintertime.. Untill now overwintering outside has been no problem..in spring I trim it a little back to keep it compact. Edited to mention that it has survived heavy frosts last winter with temps down to -18 C...remarkable !
Besides the wonderfull cullinairy uses Lemon Verbena is a herb that de-stresses & relaxes. Has a tonic effect on the nervous system, a natural de-stresser, relaxing, helps soothe bronchial & nasal congestion, indigestion, flatulence, stomach cramps, nausea. It gives a good tea to drink. BUT....don't drink to much of it in one time..special because of it relaxing effects it can be dangerous to drive or handling machines if you take to many of it.

Great in potpourri. Full sun in cool climates, light shade in warm. Fertilize once a month. May shrivel at the end of winter, but will come back up in early spring here. I love putting it in my hot or ice tea, nice lemony flavor, I sometimes use it along with my Orange Geranium, yummy, then remove before drinking.

i was wondering if anyone knew if this plant is bisexual or whether i need two for reproduction?

i have not got the plant as yet but next yr i will be geting a plant are 2 iguest found out about the plant guest this yr late so i am planning of getting one are two next yr

claude

In my western Washington zone 9a (most maps show it as zone 8) garden this has been hardy for me outdoors for the last four years. The upper part of the plant dies back somewhat in winter, but it resprouts from the lower stems. It flowers here in July and August.

Supposedly this is a zone 9-10 plant, but I have successfully overwintered lemon verbena in the ground in my zone 7 (almost 8) garden. It looses all of it's leaves dies all the way back to the ground. I leave about 12 inches of the dead wood and leaves on top of it to protect it through the winter. Then as spring arrives I cut it back harder and the next thing I know, she is growing again! It's lovely and fragrand, but does not flower here for me.

Lemon verbena is best propagated by stem cuttings; seed is seldom produced. Although it is frost-tender, this plant will not grow well in hot, humid climates unless it is given some shade from midday sun.

This is a wonderful tender perennial with a heavenly scent of lemons. By far the most lemony of any of the herbs. It is great for potpourri, or to flavor teas, fruits, and cookies. Bruise the leaves and add to sugar overnight. Sift out the leaves and use sugar for cookies, cake or whatever.