looking for lemon verbena

Does anyone have lemon verbena they might want to trade? Or perhaps seeds? (Altho I hear it is usually propagated from cuttings/rootings.)

I have a hard time walking away from anything that has a lemon smell to it (unless I'm at a used car lot!).

Many thanks.

I'm also looking for lemmon verbena if anyone out there has some or knows where to get some. I've tried posting once before and no one responded but maybe someone's found some since then?

If you can't find anyone to send cuttings, it looks like Quailcrest Farms has about the best price (I didn't check shipping costs): http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/1546/

Also, Mountain Valley Growers carries it: http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/119/ and Weslyn Farm: http://gardenwatchdog.com/c/1680/

Y'all have piqued my curiosity - does anyone know if this plant is readily available as a 4" potted plant in nurseries? I see where it's a "Proven Winners" plant (which usually means it's patented, but I don't see a cultivar name mentioned in their catalog, which is odd...)

And hardiness - some sources mention it's hardy only to 8 (some say 9), the Proven Winners site says zone 7. Hmmmm. Can anyone attest to its level of cold-hardiness?

Thanks Vols, I'll check out the links sometime today.

As for hardiness, my books just show 8 thru 11, but I've gotten other plants thru our zone 7 winters. (And with this one being deciduous I imagine that would be a plus for it here.)

Karen7, I'll holler if I come across some.

Richters herbs (www.richters.com) say Lemon Verbena is only hardy from Zone 8-10, also they only sell plants not seeds, perhaps it does not come true from seeds?

The price of plants is $4.25 CDN makes it less then $3.00 US per plant.

I like to go to Lewis Mt Herb when they hold their Old Thyme Herb Fair the 2d weekend in October. All the plants left in their greenhouse (except the scented geraniums and bay tree) are one price. In 2002 it was $1, in 2001 it was $.75. They also have vendors, and Companion Plants from Athens is a regular, they have exotic herbs.

Anyhow, I got lemon verbena, pineapple sage, ginger, etc. in 2001. This winter I dug up the lemon verbena and it is quite big in a pot, the cuttings did not take for it, I'll try again later. I was quite successful with cuttings of the pineapple sage (for once), so did not bother digging it up. The ginger is getting really big too. In 2002, I got stevia, columnar basil, grapefruit mint, and Julia Child's sweet citrus mint, etc.

Their address is as ff.


Lewis Mountain Herbs & Everlastings.

2345 State Route 247 - Manchester, OH 45144

Phone: (937)-549-2484
Toll Free: 1-800-71-HERBS
Fax: (937) 549-2886
mtherbs@bright.net

Thanks Esther...sounds like you got some good deals there!

I found some plugs of lemon verbena I'm gonna order (and I'm sure will order some other things as well). What I don't plant around here or sell at the farmers mkt, I'll offer on my Scif store at some point. (Can't WAIT to smell that lemon verbena tho!)

Here in central MO most mints and Lemon Verbena as well as Pineapple Sage are raised as annuals. They are available in nearly every place that sells annuals and herbs. WalMart, KMart, Lowes, Sutherland's, etc. all carry them. Usually a couple dollars will buy a small start while a nice big one in a 4" pt might cost closer to $5. Raising them indoors thru the winter is very difficult here unless you have a greenhouse with heat, etc. I just have a 12' X 13' SE room that use to be our daughters' bedroom.
EvaMae

I finally found another lemon verbena last summer, after mine died a couple of years ago. I now have it inside, in a pot, and although it lost all it's leaves from underwatering while I was away, it has started growing nicely at the tips. I hope to propagate them when it's a little warmer, and if they 'take' I'll have some to trade. I love lemon verbena tea!

Hi, I've saved seeds from my Lemon Verbena. But I also don't know if they come true from seed. I've got mine as a cutting a few years ago. During winter it stays in a sheltered place. Only last summer I've saved seeds for trade. I live in a kind of zone 8b (Netherlands)

And yet it can be touch and go hardy even overwintering in a cold greenhouse here. We lost ours this year after 3 years of having the plant, it hasn't gone below 30F outside here and the plant was in the greenhouse! This is the second one we've had, time to get another one I suppose.

saya, one of my herb books say that altho propagation is usually by cuttings, that seeds will also work so I'd give them a try. It goes on to say that the plants very seldom set seeds, which is which why cuttings are more often the choice.
Baa...just curious, what temp do you keep your g-house at?

Whatever temperature the greenhouse stays at with just a bubble wrap lining *G*. The garden is very sheltered and the GH rarely gets below 43F.

Wow...that's great, no heat bill!
I know lemon verbena is a heat loving plant but seems like it should survive those gh temps. It's also deciduous, maybe yours is just losing its leaves and could come back in the spring. (Hopeful thinking?)

Oh no it's definitely deceased!

HAH!...and that sounds FINAL! :>)

Hi, I leave my lemon verbena during winter in a unheated barn. It looses all the leaves. In spring I cut it back and it regrows. Blooms every summer with little whitish flowers that set tiny seeds. It likes the sun, no problems at all until now.
If someone likes to try some seeds of it, just let me know :)
Saya