Yay! New feature on the blog! Since I make my living as a horticulturist, I might as well share the goodness with you all, right? So, a new feature...a Plant of the Week!
Common Name: Lemon Verbena (click for a picture)
Latin Name: Aloysia triphylla
General Grouping: Herb
Lemon Verbena is an herb that I first met at my previous job, and I have since then fallen in love with it. It has beautiful sword-shaped, dark green leaves and grows big and luscious when it is happy with its situation. In tropical regions, it can be a 15' woody shrub. In the U.S., it is lucky to get 3' tall. It loves sun and will tolerate some dry conditions.
Supposedly you can grow it from seed, but I've only ever propagated it from cuttings. Cuttings seem like the easier route, in my opinion.
Its main selling point is the wonderful sweet lemon fragrance and taste. I guess you would call it a gourmet herb. One thing that I'm considering trying with my plant is taking some fresh leaves and blending them into some sugar. Then I can use the sugar in cookies or cake or other good things that I come up with.
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