Lemon Verbena

SOOOOOO happy to post this photo of one of six Lemon Verbena plants in their second year here in Arkansas. They lived through the winter in small pots and I repotted them in March. https://aloysiatriphylla.blogspot.com/2022/06/my-potted-lemon-verbena-june-2022.html

Yahoo! Yippie! The neighborhood deer did not choose to destroy my Lemon Verbena experiment this summer. I have a 2021 harvest! YAY!

Arkansas Lemon Verbena Harvest 9/12/2021 Today is the day! My first Lemon Verbena Harvest from six plants. The neighborhood deer in Arkansas rejected them during the growing seaso...

Lemon Verbena excitement here in Arkansas as summer wears on and the deer ignore my plants!

Arkansas Lemon Verbena in Mid-August 2021 What a thrill to go out every morning and see growth without damage from the deer families roaming my neighborhood on Lake Hamilton in Hot...

I'm still celebrating my experiment with Lemon Verbena, growing it where deer hunt for juicy green leaves in the heat of summer, yet those deer are choosing to avoid the stiff Lemon Verbena leaves. YAY!!! They are leaving the Lemon Verbena for me! Enjoy this link explaining the difference between Verbena (a flower) and Lemon Verbena (a leafy bush). Many people confuse the two plants.

Learn about lemon and common verbena, their medicinal qualities, and plantation Overview of lemon verbena.

Lemon Verbena Love never dies! Here's the first potted plant growing in our Arkansas location now. I am going to experiment with growing it in the ground all year, meaning overwintering the roots for fresh growth each year.