What is the best way to propagate them? I just trimmed mine back and have a nice piece with some blooms on it.

Susan, I used to grow them and in my zone 7 climate, some yrs they made it. Others they didn't so I can't, I'm afraid, give any advice on how to propagate but good luck. Lee

Well, it isn't looking too happy. LOL I sure do love this plant, though. I might have to break down and get another one if this one doesn't make it. It smells just wonderful when it blooms.

I have tried taking cuttings to root them, but have never had much luck. Mine is planted on the side of the lanai between two night blooming jasmines. They are all huge and when in flower, there is nothing to compare with any of them.

Well, thanks to you guys mentioning it, I had to look it up and now have to have it. I would think that it would be more common at nurseries out here since the lemon verbena always is and I can't believe that I'd never even heard of it. I think it's one of those deals where the nurseries think nobody wants it so the nurseries don't carry it, so people don't know they want, etc....lol. I'm on the trail for some out here...I've seen it mentioned in my searching that cuttings are quite easy and I've even rooted the lemon verbena in water, so if all else fails, or if you're feeling lazy, try that...

I have two cuttings sitting in water right now along with two cuttings from the night blooming jasmine. Keeping my fingers crossed that they root!

I had never heard of this plant until we were at a neighbors house a couple of years ago and I kept smelling this wonderful perfume. When asked she told me she had just picked the plant up at Lowes! Unfortunately, Lowes had sold out of them by the time I got out there. A week later I was cruising the local nurseries to see what I just could not live without when my nose caught the smell of the almond bush! I bought one right then and there. The next week, I had to go back to get another one for my sister! Love the scent of this pretty flowered bush!

Lowe's! You just never know...I think the plant is much better known back there than here, apparently. I think I'm getting one today if someone else didn't grab it. A friend asked for it at a nursery a ways from here and they have one a in 5 gallon, so I'm on my way there this a.m. The DH said, "You're driving to San Marcos for it?".......Oh, yes....lol...

You will be so happy you got it! The smell is just incredible. When there is a soft breeze blowing, my entire lanai is filled with this scent.

Uh huh...I'm a sucker for anything scented....lol..

Went and picked up my aloysia virgata...LOVE that scent!

MMMM-mmmmmm-mmmmmmm!!! I can smell it now!!!!

Oh, I'm so jealous! LOL I had to order mine, and it still very small. I'd love to be able to find a 5 gal! Isn't it a treat! Even my little tiny one has a *big smell.

Cuttings of lemon verbena root in water almost immediately....aloysia virgata is not being so willing. I'm going to resort to my usual method of rooting in perlite w/ water, if that fails then I'll go the peat/ perlite route.

Let me know how it goes. Mine didn't root in water, either.

No luck so far....will try in perlite this week. I'm overrun with cuttings at the moment.....It's been too hot outside lately so my kitchen and bathrooms are overflowing with cuttings....lol...need to get some stuff potted and out of the way.

Here is S Florida this plant is available several places.
What I found out at Butterfly World where I purchased mine is it blooms here year round if you keep it dead headed.
It's my favorite fragrant plant.
I didn't know it was a verbena
Sidney

Bonjour
I'm a fan of scented plants
Aloysia virgata appears to be a very fragrant shrub
This plant, like your Calycanthus, is very difficult to find in France
I'm in zone 9a (-5 to 6 degree Celsius minimum)
North West of FRANCE, the climate is oceanic
I want to try this shrub
I'd like your opinion.
Good weekend

Plant Delights Nursery lists aloysia virgata as being hardy to zones 7b-10, and in their climate, it dies to the ground each winter, but returns. -5-6 degrees celsius=32 degrees farenheit? I'm in zone 9 here and though it does occasionally get that cold in this area, our property hardly, if ever, gets any frost, so I'm not much help in determing hardiness from personal experience. I'm sure someone else will come along from a colder zone to give their experience with this plant.....

About Temperature :
-5 degre celsius = 23 degre Farenheit
-6 degre celsius = 21 degre Farenheit

Well Jeremy in JaxFlaGardener in Jacksonville, FL has almost a tree of this and it's very tolerant of whatever cold we have had up there. The zone is 8b/9a.
Mine down here at Lake Okeechobee got a little frost turning leaf edges silver, but is still pumping blooms. They smell best at dusk.
Sidney