Aloysia Triphylla 17cm

ALOYSIA TRIPHYLLA 17CM

Lemon Verbena is a popular shrub that was introduced into Western horticulture from Chile and Argentina as long ago as 1794. It is still cultivated extensively as a garden shrub and as a medicinal and culinary herb. Botanical names that have been accorded to the plant include Aloysia Citriodora and Lippia Citriodora, but Aloysia Triphylla is the preferred name at present.

Aloysia Triphylla is quick growing and has strongly aromatic, lemon-scented foliage – it is grown largely for these aromatic properties. It has a rather scraggly growth habit and can grow to 3 metres tall and equally as wide if left to grow unchecked. The leaves are slender and grow to 10 cm long; they are borne in whorls of three or four along the lengths of the stems.