Lemon Verbena

This is the one of the truest and best of the numerous lemon-scented herbs. Glossy-green leaves grow in groups of three with panicles of tiny cream-colored flowers. A great tea and potpourri plant – leaves rubbed on oneself will repel mosquitoes. This awesome herb does wonderfully in a container. The fragrance is strongly lemon flavored and blends well with most other tea herbs. The leaves enhance salads, jellies, sauces, soups, fish, etc. Full to partial sun. A deciduous shrub from Chile/Argentina, don’t be alarmed if it drops its leaves when bringing indoors for the winter. It sheds its leaves when the environment around it changes but it will leaf out again. Tender Perennial. Hardy to zones 8-10.