Lemon Verbena (Aloysia citrodora)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Shrub
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Plant Height:	3-5 feet
Plant Spread:	2 feet
Flowers:	Fragrant
Flower Time:	Summer
Uses:	Culinary Herb
Propagation: Other methods:	Division
Pollinators:	Various insects
Awards and Recognitions:	RHS AGM

Common names

Lemon Verbena
Verveine Odorante

Botanical names

Accepted: Aloysia citrodora
Synonym: Verbena fragrans
Synonym: Verbena triphylla
Synonym: Aloysia triphylla
Synonym: Verbena citrodora
Synonym: Lippia citrodora

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Location: English Gardens, Royal Oak, Michigan
Date: 2019-06-19

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Location: Indoor east window
Date: 2020-08-04
Roots in water at 1 month on a new growth 3 inch cutting.

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Location: Indiana Zone 5
Date: 2007-10-10

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Location: My Garden Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-10-04

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Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28

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Location: KYLE
Date: 2019-04-02
Has the most wonderful fragrance

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-04-20

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Location: My zone 9 patio in part sun
Date: 2020-06-04
My 15"x 12" plant that's 2 years old

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Location: Western North Carolina
Date: October

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-07-08

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Location: My Garden, Crescent City, California
Date: 4000-09-20

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Location: Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
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Location: Coastal San Diego County
Date: 2018-07-02

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Location: Indiana Zone 5
Date: 2010-09-02
picked to dry for tea

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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Date: 2015-08-06

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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-06-01

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2014-06-17

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Location: Pembroke, GA
Date: 2014-01-23
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Location: Indiana Zone 5
Date: 2010-09-18

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Location: Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
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Location: Home Depot Nursery Kahului, Maui, Hawaii
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Location: Botanical Garden, Berlin, Germany
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Comments:

Posted by mom2goldens (Carmel, IN - Zone 5b) on Sep 19, 2014 7:07 PM concerning plant:

I think this is the most fragrant of the "lemon scented" plants. This year, with a cool/rainy summer in partial shade, my lemon verbena grew into a shrub-sized plant. I highly recommend using this plant in cooking: It makes a wonderful jelly, simple syrup, Ice cream, and flavored sugar. Dry the leaves for a wonderful addition to your potpourri. Definitely worth growing for its wonderful aroma.

I've found this a very difficult plant to overwinter. It does not like to be moved or uprooted, and will lose most/all of its leaves.

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Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on May 8, 2013 2:37 PM concerning plant:

This is a marginal Zone 8 plant. I have never had it survive the winter, even when giving it winter protection. It is well worth growing, very fragrant. I treat it as an annual, and replant every year. It gets to be a fair sized plant in one season.

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Posted by vic (North Carolina) on Oct 3, 2011 2:56 PM concerning plant:

This is extremely fragrant and can be used in tea. It can also be used in sachets and as potpourri. Place the pot where the fragrance will be enjoyed.

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Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms	On February 26, 2020	Seeds sown indoors, heat, lights
lovesblooms	On March 3, 2018	Seeds sown indoors
tabbycat	On March 10, 2024	Cuttings stuck Plant sprouting out so I trimmed all ends & put 6" cuttings in water to root.
tabbycat	On April 25, 2022	Miscellaneous Event Large 1st 1 now 2" & a 12" cutting off it that is growing well.
tabbycat	On February 25, 2021	Potted up Trimmed sharply & potted in a gal. pot with fertilizer & new soil
Cobs	On January 14, 2023	Obtained plant Purchased from Harrison Garden Centre, Feilding. Planted in pot to sit on pavers by clothesline in the herb area. Also known as Lemon Verbena Aloysi Triphlla. My photos.

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