Lemon verbena

I've been trying to get hold of this plant [Aloysia triphylla] recently and can't find anywhere that sells it! Of the few I found online they're all out of stock:( Anyone else having this trouble or is it just a bit out of season?

 

May have to at this rate! I'll keep trying for a while yet though

 

Hi Loofah,

Lemon verbena isn't hardy so if you were hoping to have it in the garden I suggest you think of something else. Lemon balm is very hardy and tough as old boots - can get a bit rampant but a good plant if you look after it.

If our Lemon verbena has survived this winter (we put it in the greenhouse in the winter) I could let you have a cutting. I won't know until April whether it has survived and if there is sufficient new growth. Send me a PM in April if you haven't managed to get hold of one. You can grow it from seed as well so try the seed merchants.

You could join a gardening club near you. We find that we are able to get cuttings, plants, seeds etc from other members. This works well because sometimes we give other people cuttings or plants and then sometime later ours dies. We then know who to approach to get another one.

Good luck :thumb:

 

Excellent idea Shiney! May also take you up on the kind offer Thanks

 

At the moment our lemon verbena, nust be nearly 20 yrs old, doesn't look as though it survived the winter :(. We were aw y for the whole of the really bad weather and hadn't given it any more protection than normal.

We'll know more in a few weeks time.

 

:dh: Only just seen this thread, but I have to agree almost word for word with ClaraLou about this.. I have mine in a large pot.. I am very rough with it.. I just cut it level with the shears each Autumn.. Chuck the pot under the bench in the unheated greenhouse for the winter.. No water no nothing..!! I bring it into the daylight in Feb & give it a dribble of water in March & now it is shooting away nicely.. It is out in the cold frame waiting to go into the herb patch..:thumb: