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triphylla * Lemon Verbena
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| An herb garden is not complete without
great smelling plants like Lemon Verbena. 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.
It is often deciduous or nearly so in the winter unless you are very close
to the coast. I cut mine back to
about 2 feet each winter. Each summer it grows back to 6-8' or
more. The foliage is very fragrant when brushed. I
often locate it 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 this plant attractive. I think he was doing his
eating elsewhere.
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