Aloysia triphylla
Lemon Verbena
Its delightful citrus fragrance wafts up as you roam the garden on a warm summer evening. Fresh or dried, the leaves add a sweet tang to hot or iced tea, jellies and potpourris.
Aloysia triphylla (formerly Lippia citriodora) has been long known to European gardeners as "Herb Louisa." The genus name Aloysia is a latinized form of Louisa, as it was named for Princess Louisa of Parma, wife of King carlos IV of Spain.
The genus name Aloysia , now also obsolescent, was given in honour of Maria Luisa Teresa de Parma (1751-1819), wife of king Carlos IV of Spain. Some foreign names of lemon verbena contain an element referring to Louise, e.g.
Aloysia triphylla, Lippia citriodora
Herbs
Difficult from seed; bottom heat aids germination. Well-drained soil and good light, 90F/32C. May also be grown from stem tip cuttings in spring and summer. Zone 7-10 ...
Aloysia triphylla
If you love lemon flavor, make room for lemon verbena in your garden. Grown in a pot, this fragrant beauty will maintain a tidy size. In the ground, it forms a luxuriously lemony shrub.
Aloysia triphylla
(syn. A. citriodora, Lippia citriodora)
The scent of Lemon Drops is delivered whenever the leaves of this deciduous shrub are brushed. Commonly used in herbal confections.
Aloysia virgata (Perennial Sweet Almond Tree Verbena)
We have grown Aloysia virgata since 2001 and it has become one of our favorite summer flowering plants.
Aloysia citriodora
Lemon Verbena - Lemony, aromatic foliage. Tiny, lavender flowers. Shrub or small tree to 15 ft. Prefers sunny, coastal spot. Average to little summer water required.
Alstroemeria 'Christina' PP15,048 ...
Aloysia triphylla none sherbert lemon scent. Warm sunny position against a warm wall. Ht 10ft 3m
Bulbs
Convallaria majalis 'Albostriata' ...
(Aloysia triphylla)
A tall, lanky deciduous shrub, it has lemon-scented leaves and lilac or white flowers. Zones 9, 10, 12-21.
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Sweet Verbena (Aloysia) - A. citriodora is a fragrant-leaved bush with small and not showy flowers.
Lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla) is her favorite herb. She loves to smell its lemon-lime fragrance when the wind blows and uses the leaves in teas and fruit salads. She starts this perennial from cuttings; it does best in a pot on the patio.
Lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla): Lemon verbena is the most sweetly scented of all lemony herbs. This rather sprawling shrub is tender and will need to be overwintered inside except near the coast.
Lippia citriodora, Aloysia citriodora, Verbena citriodora, Verbena triphylla
Family: Verbenaceae
Lemon-scented verbena, lemon Luisa
Origin: South America (Chile and Perú) ...
Lemon Verbena Aloysia triphylla It has been said that lemon verbena has certain therapeutic properties and the reported benefits of using it internally, in the form of a herbal tea.
White-Brush [English]: Aloysia gratissima
White-Carrot [English]: Arracacia xanthorrhiza
White-Cedar [English]: Thuja occidentalis
White-Cedar [English]: Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. henryae (H.L.Li ...
Lyons subsequently assigned it to the genus Aloysia (hence a gardener's popular name for it: Herb Louisa, a corruption of the Latin name, Aloysia), but it is now classed in the genus Lippia and named L. CITRIODORA (Kunth).
(2009) found that within the Lantana-Lippia complex, Aloysia formed a basal grade and members of the animal-dispersed Lantana with their pyrene-type fruits were polyphyletic. Marx et al.
Remove damaged or crossing branches during the dormant season.
Goes well with: Ficus carica, Malus domestica 'Discovery', Myrtus communis, Clematis viticella 'Purpurea Plena Elegans', Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum', Aloysia triphylla.
Verbena triphylla synonym of Aloysia triphylla (Lemon Verbena)
Verbena venosa synonym of Verbena rigida (Sandpaper Verbena, Coarse Verbena)
Verbena verna synonym of Glandularia gooddingii (Gooding Verbena) ...
 See also: Lemon, Aloysia triphylla, Green, Verbena, Grass
  
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