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A delicious and lemony herb with a hint of ginger - a favourite. This has survived outside for years at Perch Hill, planted at the foot of a south-facing wall.

Genus Aloysia
Group/Species citrodora
Type Tender Sub-shrub
Common Name Lemon Verbena, Verveine
Soil Type Neutral, Sandy
Scent Scented
Site Full Sun, Shelter
Moisture Well-drained
Height 1m (3ft 3in) in a container; up to 2.5m (8ft 2in) in a border
Spacing 30cm (12in)
Sowing, Seeds, Planting Lemon verbena is easy to grow in a sheltered spot, such as the foot of a sunny wall – if the roots are locked in cold, damp soil all winter it will die. Alternatively, grow in a container (minimum 30cm diameter) or dig up young plants in the autumn, put in a pot, and keep in a frost-free greenhouse for planting out the following spring. If growing in a container, water thoroughly to encourage the roots to establish and water once a week from then on, keeping the soil moist but not allowing the roots to become clogged.
Care Tips Harvest leaves by cutting back stems above a pair of leaves, regular cutting prevents the plant fdrom becoming 'leggy'. Cut back to half its size in the autumn and mulch to protect the roots if growing in a border.
Flowering June - November
Storing Can be dried, frozen or made into a flavoured butter.
Harvesting Harvest leaves as required throughout summer for use in teas and to flavour recipes.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sow Under Cover/Plant Indoors
  • Direct Sow/Plant Outdoors
  • Flowers/Harvest
Advice & Videos
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Lemon Verbena (Aloysia citrodora) reviews

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Reviewed 9th August 2019 by Eric

just what we wanted they are just started to flower.

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Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Susan

Nice little plants in good condition

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Reviewed 1st August 2019 by Jennie

All grew well gave one away and kept the other two makes refreshing teas

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Lisa

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Anthony

Just what I wanted. They have grown on to make a good size and having trimmed
them back for shape, it left me with plenty of propagating material

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Jean

Good healthy plants. Delivered safely

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Fiona

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Eileen

Most of the cuttings have grown well, but some have disappointed.

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Teresa

very small cuttings plants have grown but still quiet small
bit lost in herb garden but hope will improve

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Sharon

These are beautiful love the colours..

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Gisela

lovely for making tea and nice scent when you rub your fingers over it

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Fiona

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Reviewed 31st July 2019 by Louise

Not very strong cuttings and have failed to thrive

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Reviewed 21st November 2018 by Annette

Not as sharp a green as I had hoped but smelled just lovely when you brushed past.,

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Reviewed 16th November 2018 by Cherry

Simply gorgeous! My favourite herb of the year. I dried the leaves and made my own teabags from them -great flavour!

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Reviewed 15th November 2018 by Doreen Jane Bailey

Th plants were strong, healthy rooted cuttings - the best I've received from any supplier and were well packed.

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Reviewed 14th November 2018 by Diane

Great arrive alive and ready for planting

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Reviewed 14th November 2018 by Linda

Brilliant plant for tea and keeping midges away. I rub it on my skin before going for a walk all Summer.

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Reviewed 7th November 2018 by Donna

Grew very well and developed into a bushy plant in my herb trough. Delicious on its own for tisane and also nice mixed with fresh mint. Highly recommended.

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Reviewed 7th November 2018 by Karen

Wonderful. I love this plant, and have really enjoyed having more of them in the beds and for adding some gorgeous scent to cut flowers in the house.

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Reviewed 7th November 2018 by Frances

Absolutely loved this plant, gave some of the rooted cuttings to friends, put mine in a large pot. The growth of the Lemon verbena was incredible, wonderful smell and used the leaves in tea, and added leaves to water to make a lemon spritz for freshening up linen. Good value healthy plants, arrived very well packaged.

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Reviewed 7th November 2018 by Susan

Plant vigour and health was perfect. Everything I expect from Sarah Raven. Delivery was a bit slow on this, however, one must appreciate nature doesn't always work to customer's timetable

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Reviewed 4th October 2018 by Janet

Excellent plants which I shared with my friends. Really yummy 😋 when added to lemon drizzle cake.

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Reviewed 3rd October 2018 by Kath

Great cuttings, which made a lovely display. Didn't cook with them much though.

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Reviewed 3rd October 2018 by Brenda

Lovely healthy plants. Excellent value

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Reviewed 20th September 2018 by Michael

I have struggled to keep them going in the dry weather, but now looking healthy but with only limited flowering. Original plants were excellent. I am just worried as to how to carry them through to next year.

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Reviewed 20th September 2018 by Phyllis

Sadly the delivery system doesn't work for me - the seedlings all ended up sitting for a couple of days before I could unbox them, most went mouldy and none survived. No judgement on the quality and I understand the benefit of the system that sends when the plants are ready but it doesn't work for someone who travels regularly. If there was a way to pick delivery windows that would be great, otherwise will have to go back to garden centres.

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Wendy

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by David

Strong and fragrant plants

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Sharon

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Carola

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Aileen

They arrived looking healthy and have been lovely all season.

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Reviewed 19th September 2018 by Sara

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Reviewed 12th September 2018 by Nedelcho

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Reviewed 3rd September 2018 by Lesley

Very good plants and coped well with weather this summer ,kept in a large pot

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Reviewed 3rd September 2018 by Mr Dethick

The plants were healthy, grew well and the leaves had a gorgeous aroma when brushed.

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Reviewed 2nd September 2018 by Peter

A lovely plant and its good to get some decent sized plugs to grow on

Lemon Verbena

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Reviewed 18th April 2017 by Hazel Salisbury

I love lemon verbena tea and 5 of these plugs kept me well supplied over the summer and autumn months. They struggled a bit when I first tried to put them outdoors as the weather was quite cold and wet, so I kept them indoors until conditions outside were more settled and they haven't looked back since. They are in a pot and grew well to around 2 feet tall, making a strong bushy shrub.

As they are relatively tender, I kept them in the potting shed over winter and kept the pot quite dry. They are now in a very sheltered spot outdoors but still under cover and they are growing well, with lots of new leaves up the stems. I'm really not sure about pruning them, so I erred on the side of caution and just took a couple of inches off the tops at the beginning of March.

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