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Aloysia
triphylla * Lemon Verbena
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| An herb garden is not complete without
great smelling plants like Aloysia triphylla. The leaves of lemon verbena are
a common ingredient in herbal tea at my house. I pick and then nibble on the leaves
as I walk through the garden for the lemony taste. Aloysia triphylla
is often deciduous or nearly so in the winter unless you are very close
to the coast. I cut my Lemon Verbena back to
about 2 feet tall each winter. Each summer it grows back to 6-8' or
more. The fragrant foliage
livens the nostrils when brushed up against while walking by, so I
often locate the Lemon Verbena near a pathway to wake up all of the senses. As
evidenced by the grasshopper in the upper left corner, we are not the only
ones that find Aloysia triphylla attractive. This Lemon Verbena
still has leaves, I think he was doing his
eating elsewhere.
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