Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 Love lemon verbena. Use it a lot in potpourri. Tried to grow it a few years ago. Not successful. Anyone have growing advice. Greatly appreciated. I just bought two young plants and hope to have hearty plants by summer's end. Somebody help me please! Namaste, Lynette Terralyn at the Terminal, Philadelphia, PA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 Hello what are some use for lemon verbena? I have so much of it Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 In a message dated 6/18/03 8:43:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: > " Lynette D Manteau " <lynettem > Re: lemon verbena > > Love lemon verbena. Use it a lot in potpourri. Tried to grow it a few > years ago. Not successful. Anyone have growing advice. Greatly appreciated. I > just bought two young plants and hope to have hearty plants by summer's end. > Somebody help me please! > Namaste, Lynette > Terralyn at the Terminal, > Philadelphia, PA > Lynette Lemon verbena likes the same stuff that Basil likes..... lots of full sun and a heavier, richer soil/growing medium, moisture as needed. Can grow several feet in one growing season. Have fun mjh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 <<Love lemon verbena. Use it a lot in potpourri. Tried to grow it a few years ago. Not successful. Anyone have growing advice. Greatly appreciated. I just bought two young plants and hope to have hearty plants by summer's end. Somebody help me please! Namaste, Lynette Terralyn at the Terminal, Philadelphia, PA>> Hey Lynette :-) Lemon verbena is a tender perennial that can only withstand temps down to about 30F - which means NOT our sometimes wild northeast winters. I harvested a mess of it all last summer from one tiny starter 3 " plant. That sucker grew at least 2 feet high. I kept it in a large pot on my deck and brought it inside to go dormant in November. It will look dead, but it's not. I put it outside again in early May and it is now thriving. So I'd suggest container planting, and then bringing inside or into a sheltered area like a mud room for the winter. HTH a bit. Celt PS. Where are you at the Terminal? Next time I'm in Philly I'd love to stop by. I am in Montgomery Co. SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 Dear Celt, Do you water this this while it is dormant? Thanks. Jan Celt wrote: ><<Love lemon verbena. Use it a lot in potpourri. Tried to grow it a few >years ago. Not successful. Anyone have growing advice. Greatly >appreciated. I just bought two young plants and hope to have hearty plants by summer's end. Somebody help me please! >Namaste, Lynette >Terralyn at the Terminal, >Philadelphia, PA>> > >Hey Lynette :-) > >Lemon verbena is a tender perennial that can only withstand temps down to about 30F - which means NOT our sometimes wild northeast winters. I harvested a mess of it all last summer from one tiny starter 3 " plant. That sucker grew at least 2 feet high. I kept it in a large pot on my deck and brought it inside to go dormant in November. It will look dead, but it's not. I put it outside again in early May and it is now thriving. So I'd suggest container planting, and then bringing inside or into a sheltered area like a mud room for the winter. > >HTH a bit. >Celt > >PS. Where are you at the Terminal? Next time I'm in Philly I'd love to stop by. I am in Montgomery Co. > > > > > >SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Thanks to all of you who took the time to reply re: lemon verbena. I am going to give it another try - I just love the stuff. It smells so wonderfully fresh & zippy! Celt, you can find my cart in Center Court at the Reading Terminal. Just ask for the soaplady. Thanks again everyone. I'll let you know how I make out. Namaste, Lynette Terralyn at the Terminal, Philadelphia, PA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2003 Report Share Posted June 19, 2003 Hey Jan, <<Do you water this this while it is dormant? >> I didn't. Stuck it in the back of the entryway closet and found it again in April :-) Celt SBC DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 2005 Report Share Posted June 2, 2005 Hello all, Since verbena is our herb of the week, it's a good time for me to ask this question: We live in Northern Ohio and I have always grown my verbena in a pot so that I can over winter it in my screened in porch. The porch isn't heated and I don't water it but it has come back for 6 years now. This year we put it in the ground and new leaves are appearing. Does anyone know whether we will need to dig it up and put it in a pot for this winter? I know it grows in Indonesia and so I thought it couldn't take Ohio winters but since I don't pay much attention to it and the porch is not all that warm in the winter (maybe 30 degrees?) I'm wondering whether the outdoors would be any different? Would the snow or ice damage it? MaryEllen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 I'm usually just a lurker here, but thought I'd put in my 2 cents. I live in SE Michigan and my lemon verbena grows as a perennial. It does have southern exposure and is close to the house, but so far (keeping my fingers crossed) it has done fine for several years. JanG MaryEllen Drewes wrote: > Hello all, > > Since verbena is our herb of the week, it's a good time for me to ask > this question: We live in Northern Ohio and I have always grown my > verbena in a pot so that I can over winter it in my screened in > porch. The porch isn't heated and I don't water it but it has come > back for 6 years now. This year we put it in the ground and new > leaves are appearing. Does anyone know whether we will need to dig it > up and put it in a pot for this winter? I know it grows in Indonesia > and so I thought it couldn't take Ohio winters but since I don't pay > much attention to it and the porch is not all that warm in the winter > (maybe 30 degrees?) I'm wondering whether the outdoors would be any > different? Would the snow or ice damage it? > > MaryEllen > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Pretty amazing... you and I are neighbors! Cleveland Heights here. Mine decidedly didn't make it thru the winter (none of the three we had these past few months, that is). Must be the covered porch; mine was under tarp all winter (s) and didn't make it. I'm pretty impressed. Mo On Behalf Of MaryEllen Drewes Thursday, June 02, 2005 4:46 PM aromatherapy group re: lemon verbena Hello all, Since verbena is our herb of the week, it's a good time for me to ask this question: We live in Northern Ohio and I have always grown my verbena in a pot so that I can over winter it in my screened in porch. The porch isn't heated and I don't water it but it has come back for 6 years now. This year we put it in the ground and new leaves are appearing. Does anyone know whether we will need to dig it up and put it in a pot for this winter? I know it grows in Indonesia and so I thought it couldn't take Ohio winters but since I don't pay much attention to it and the porch is not all that warm in the winter (maybe 30 degrees?) I'm wondering whether the outdoors would be any different? Would the snow or ice damage it? MaryEllen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Hey Mo - Nice to meet you! I guess it was the porch, cuz I certainly don't give it any attention in the winter. In fact, the cats messed with the pot, pawing and chewing and no problems. What common aromatherapy/medicinal herbs do you grow successfully here? MaryEllen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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