Lemon balm

Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis L.)
Synonyms
pharmaceutical
Folia Melissae
Albanian
Bar blete, Bari i bletÃ"s, Melisa, ErÃ"x, MilcÃ", Pselik, Spelinok
Arabic
تريجان, حشيشة اÙ"نمÙ", ريحان اÙ"Ù"يمون ...

Lemon balm
Lemon balm information
Lemon balm - Melissa officinalis (in the Lamiaceae or Mint family) ...

I have mixed emotions about lemon balm. Growing this herb for years, this year I learned lemon balm is becoming a serious pest in the Northwest. It reseeds itself abundantly and in some cases displacing native plants.

( All Gold Lemon Balm )
Erect, bushy perennial with wrinkled, oval, golden-yellow leaves. In summer, small, lilac-tinted, white flowers appear on irregular spikes.

Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
MEDICINAL: Lemon Balm is used to treat children with fever, flu, and colds. In adults, it treats colds, headaches, depression, menstrual cramps, insomnia, and nervous stomachs.

Lemon Balm
Melissa officinalis
Lemon balm's quilted green leaves release a delicious lemony aroma when brushed, making it the perfect fragrant addition to plantings near patios and garden benches.

Lemon balm (Mellisa officinalis): Lemon balm is an easy-to-grow perennial. It has a strong, sweet lemon scent and makes a delightful tea. The heart-shaped leaves are light green, or yellow in some cultivars.

Lemon Balm, Mellisa
Culinary:
This herb is most delicious in sauces, syrups, fruit drinks, punches, salad dressings and make a beautiful garnish.
Medicinal: ...

Lemon Balm Melissa officinalis (Perennial) Culinary. Pleasent lemon flavor and fragrence makes it pleasant in tea, punches and in fruit salad. Good for potpourri. Known in European history as the "Elixor of Life.

Lemon Balm
A great herb for teas or its lovely garden smell, lemon balm will typically keep re-seeding itself year after year. Plant seeds indoors ten to twelve weeks early, or outside after all danger of frost has passed.

Lemon balm is an herbaceous perennial in the mint family. Its foliage has a distinctive lemony fragrance when bruised. The leaves are light green, crinkled, slightly hairy, strongly toothed on the margins, more or less egg shaped.

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This lemon balm was planted from a 3 in pot just a few weeks ago. It has quickly made itself at home in Jack's garden.
Usage ...

Mint and Lemon Balm are among the most robust of herbs. Plant them in pots on their own as they quickly take over.

Melissa, Lemon Balm [2]
Melissa officinalis
Western USA - Prolonged bloom of 45 - 50 days generally in summer, but with repeat blooming in California. Delicate honey with very light, pinkish color.

How To Use Lemon Balm
A member of the mint family, the herb known as Lemon Balm is also called Sweet Melissa. This plant is a hardy perennial herb, important in bee pollination.
Arisaema Seed Germination ...

Melissa (Lemon Balm)
Mentha (Mint)
Micromeria (Canary Islands' Mountain Thyme) ...

Balm, Common Balm, Lemon Balm, Sweet Balm
Common Names in Esperanto:
Citrona Meliso, Meliso, Oficina Meliso ...

Golden Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis 'Variegata')
Golden Lycoris (Lycoris aurea)
Golden Marguerite (Anthemis tinctoria)
Golden Marjoram (Origanum vulgare 'Aureum')
Golden Mimosa (Acacia baileyana)
Golden Rain Tree (Laburnum x watereri) ...

Balm Lemon, also called Lemon Balm or just plain Balm, is an easy to grow herb. As it's name suggests, it gives off a lemony scent in the herb garden. The edible leaves have a lemony flavor, too.

Steeped as a tea it is best mixed with mint, beebalm, or lemon balm likewise taken fresh from the garden; or your boring camomile tea or commonplace Earl Grey can be considerably perked up with half a big leaf of fresh sage added to a steeping pot.

Sensory plants to play with include rattling poppy seedheads, furry Stachys byzantina, smelly curry plant (Helichrysum italicum), lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) and chocolate cosmos (Cosmos atrosanguineus) ...

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Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis)
Lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus)
Lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla, Lippia citriodora)
Lemon vine, Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata)
Lemon (Citrus limon)
Lemon-scented gum (Eucalyptus citriodora) ...

lemon balm Melissa officinalis
lemon day-lily, yellow day-lily Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus
leporinum barley Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum
lesser celandine Ranunculus ficaria
lilac chaste-tree Vitex agnus-castus
lilac pualele Emilia sonchifolia var.

See also: Balm, Lemon, Mint, Melissa, May