🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
🌿 Lemon Verbena
Aloysia citrodora
herbs
tender perennial shrub
Verbenaceae
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
moderate
🗺️ Zones
8-11
🧪 Soil pH
6.5-7.5
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained
🚿 Drainage
well-drained
📏 Spacing
24-36 in
📐 Height
3-6ft
⏱️ Maturity
1 year
🤝 Companions (4)
🤝 Lavender
🤝 Lemon
Lemon verbena at rose's feet for fragrance layering.
🤝 Mediterranean
Mediterranean sun lovers. Fragrance garden.
🤝 Rose
⚠️ Keep Apart (2)
⚠️ Different moisture needs. Verbena wants drier soil.
⚠️ Mint
📝 Growing Notes
Intense lemon fragrance — best lemon herb for tea. Container in cold zones. Cut back in spring.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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