Grow guide
How to grow Lemon Verbena
Aloysia citrodora
- Type
- Verbena
- Zones
- USDA zones 8–11
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 90–120 days
- Spacing
- 18″ apart
- Density
- 1 per sq ft
- Habit
- Bush
- Frost tolerance
- Tender
- Sowing
- Start indoors, then transplant
- Start indoors
- 8 weeks before last frost
Care
- Water Weekly
- Harvest As needed
- Prune As needed
Notes
Intensely lemon-scented shrub; start from cuttings as seed germination is very unreliable; bring indoors before frost in marginal zones.
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