Lilacs & Lemon Verbena
Lilacs are blooming. This one opened today and is so beautiful I couldn’t resist snipping a little and taking its picture. It smells just as good as the standard lilac.
Lemon Verbena doesn’t look like much but it makes up for that with its extraordinary fragrance. It’s tangy, not sweet and very fresh and clean. When I had my shop, I used to go to Gilbertie’s Herbs wholesale greenhouses, to buy plants to sell in the store. Mr. Gilbertie showed me a gigantic lemon verbena plant that he had in one of his greenhouses for many years. He rustled a few of the branches and the most wonderful lemony scent filled the air. Lemon Verbena is only hardy in zones 8-10 but is easy to winter over indoors in a sunny windowsill. It has a woody stem and with a little simple pruning, the plant can formed into a pretty tree shape. If it is repotted as needed into a larger pot, it will get huge! I saw this little verbena at the garden center and decided to give it a go. Maybe it will get as big as a miniature tree some day, like Mr. Gilbertie’s. Fingers crossed.
Nice arrangement of the lilac
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Thanks!
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That is a pretty lilac with the white trim.
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Lemon verbena and lilacs – a new perfume?
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That sounds divine!
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Two such welcome plants in the garden.
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I use the lemon verbena for tea. It needs constant pruning here; gets scraggy. The Lime Verbena is even better. Love the lilac.
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I’m not familiar with Lime Verbena. Sounds nice!
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Love Lemon Verbena. It (almost) makes it through the winter outside in my garden – but those lilac blooms are stunning 🙂
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I bet Lemon Verbena gets really big in the garden! This lilac is really gorgeous. It doesn’t last at all once it’s cut.
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I adore the scent of lemon verbena. I pop a couple of leaves in my bath with some epsom salts and it is amazing.
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Great idea! Healthy too:). Thanks
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I guess I’m really supposed to buy Lemon Verbena because I was already thinking about doing that tomorrow when I found your post today! I love the small of lemons.
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Smell of lemons–not small.
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Unusual flowers for a lilac – large and with the white edging – nice!
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Wow, your lilac blooms are lovely. Ours are at the same stage and I’m so looking forward to that legendary fragrance.
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