I've got a herb growing in my garden. It looks like mint, grows like mint but it smells lemony! It doesn't have any flowers - unlike lemon mint whcih does have flowers. Anyone got any ideas on what it is and if so what can I use it for???
2007-05-23 02:19:09 · 9 answers · asked by gemma r 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
There is a plethora of lemon scented plants out there here are a few
Lemon Mint
Monarda citriodora
Good photo
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/Wildseed/flowers/LemonMint.jpg
http://www.wildflowerinformation.org/Wildflower.asp?ID=72
Lemon Balm/photo
http://windowboxherbs.50megs.com/images/Lemon%20Balm.JPG
Name: Basil-Lemon/photo
http://www.cramersfresh.com/images/Basil-Lemon.jpg
Lemon Grass/photo
http://www.fareshare.net/lemongrass.jpg
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NO photo but list of lemon scented plants. Just type in the name/search engine/and image
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/okgard/msg0416030623441.html
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/okgard/msg0416030623441.html
2007-05-23 02:46:41 · answer #1 · answered by LucySD 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That sounds like Lemon balm, I have it in my garden as well, I dont use it for anything, but the smell it gives off is wonderful, and seems to distract the midgies in an evening.
2007-05-23 02:23:42 · answer #2 · answered by Mas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it is lemon balm (also known as Melissa) then it will flower eventually (usually in mid-late summer) although the flowers are quite small and insignificant. lemon balm makes a great, refreshing tea and can also be used to give a lemon taste to food too. it freezes OK but if you dry it you will lose the aroma. in winter,it dies down to ground level but as it's a perennial it comes back each spring. bees LOVE it too!
2007-05-23 03:23:22 · answer #3 · answered by Scot-Rob 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lemon Balm. Makes great tea infusion. Spreads like wildfire, so pull up small shoots as they appear.
2007-05-26 01:37:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like lemon balm. I've got some and after the rain it smells divine.
2007-05-26 01:51:06 · answer #5 · answered by F C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any smallish, compact veggie which you may placed right into a backyard you are able to grown in a field as long as you be sure you supply them countless water. The field won't grant them the water grant like they might get in the event that they have been planted rapidly into the floor. solid success with your endevor. I boost tomatos and countless varieties of peppers as nicely as cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower in boxes.
2016-10-31 04:21:01 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be lemon Balm.. I don't know much about this stuff.
2007-05-23 02:23:53 · answer #7 · answered by FerretLuver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harvest, dry it out and smoke it. You never know.
2007-05-23 02:24:53 · answer #8 · answered by Evo 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why don't you smoke it and see what it does!
2007-05-23 02:24:16 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋