Herbs - Lemon Verbena

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Herbs - Lemon Verbena (Aloysia citrodora)


About:

Fragrant tender annual. Attracts bees to your garden with it's tiny sweet-lemony scented flowers. Used medicinally and as a culinary herb. Continue picking leaves throughout the summer to encourage more growth.


Sun/Soil

Grows best in fertile moist soil in a shady cool part of the garden. Prefers partial shade over full sun. Keep out of hot mid day sun.


Culinary Uses

Can be used in place of lemon peel to flavour soups, sauces, vinegars, salads, and baking. Great in hot or iced tea!


Medicinal Uses

Delicious tea, traditionally used to calm the stomach and aid digestion, adds flavour to other more bitter teas.


Listing is for one seedling, hardened off and ready to plant in your garden.

We are grateful for all those who have saved seeds, tended land, and passed on plant knowledge before us. We live on Treaty 1 territory, traditional territory of the Anishanaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the National Homeland of the Red River Metis. 
As a small act of reparation a portion of our farm proceeds is donated to Indigenous-led food security programs in Manitoba.

For all Farm Store orders you will receive an email with specific pick-up / delivery details.
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Swallowtail Farmstead
44041 PR 210 Road, Ste. Anne, MB
                          Mailing address: Box 48 Group 55 RR1, Ste. Anne, MB R5H 1R1                           
Email: hello(at)swallowtailfarmstead.ca